KOLKATA: The man of the match winner of Vivo IPL 2018 clash number 49 played between RR nad KKR Young chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav expressed the gratitude towards his idol and legendary Shane Warne.

Kuldeep Yadav played a main role in the Rajasthan Royals dug-out to produce his career-best performance in the Indian Premier League history.

On a related note till Tuesday night, Kuldeep in the ongoing IPL grabbed just nine wickets from 12 outings at an economy rate of around 8.5, but Kuldeep grabbed 4-20 and earned Kolkata Knight Riders an important six-wicket victory over Rajasthan by putting great efforts.

In his own admission, Kuldeep asserted that he was determined to turn things around in front of the Australian spin legend, who is the mentor of Rajasthan Royals team.

"I'm always a big fan of him (Warne). He has been my idol. I always get a different kind of motivation when I play in front of him. I wanted to put up a good show in front of him," Kuldeep acclaimed Warn at the post-match news conference.

In his tremendous bowling attack Kuldeep cleaned up the top order with taking a wicket in each of his four overs to bowl out Rajasthan for 142 in 19 overs.