Indian captain Virat Kohli trusts his spinners to be game changers at the World Cup and is not worried about them conceding runs as long as they keep picking up wickets, spinner Kuldeep Yadav has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kuldeep struggled in this year\u2019s Indian Premier League and was dropped by Kolkata Knight Riders but made India\u2019s 15-man squad for the World Cup based on his ODI form over the past 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe tells us that even if we go for five or 10 runs extra, it\u2019s not an issue as long as we\u2019re getting wickets. He trusts us, gives us the freedom to bowl the way we want to. He just says, \u2018I want wickets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kuldeep and Chahal have taken a combined 77 wickets in the past 12 months, six more than India\u2019s pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 24-year-old is the world\u2019s leading ODI wicket-taker in the past year with 48 wickets in 19 matches and is Kohli\u2019s preferred spin option alongside Yuzvendra Chahal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With batsmen at the World Cup already profiting from the flat pitches in England and Wales, Kuldeep says he is working on a strategy to help him cope and would like more overs at the death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn ODIs, when you get hit, the plan is to figure out how to force the batsman to rotate the strike so you can bowl at the second batsman to create pressure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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