India chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav will have "added pressure" in the upcoming Indian Premier League despite his recent impressive showing for India, feels his Kolkata Knight Riders teammate Piyush Chawla. Kuldeep is in his fourth IPL season with the KKR but it's only in the recent past that he has cemented his place in the Indian team as its go-to spinner along with Yuzvendra Chahal in the limited overs game.
Kuldeep, who took 17 wickets in six matches in South Africa to become the highest wicket taker by an overseas spinner in a bilateral ODI series in that country, surpassing Muttiah Muralitharan's 14 in 1998. "The way he's been bowling for India, it's been really good. He's been doing well both in domestic and international cricket. This season there will be added pressure on him," Chawla, who is also Kuldeep's Uttar Pradesh teammate in domestic cricket, said.
Yadav has an ability to soak pressure, something that has reflected in his bowling for India and Chawla feels the chinaman will do well. "When he came into the scene for the first time, he was quite raw and there was not much of expectations from him. But this season, when he enters the field there will be a lot of expectations. He will definitely do well with the kind of bowler he is," Chawla said on the sidelines of a KKR promotional programme. KKR's 'mystery spinner' Sunil Narine was once again reported for suspect action during the Pakistan Super League but Chawla backed the West Indian to do well for KKR.