The young Indian leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, since his debut has taken the cricketing fraternity by storm with his innovative and deadly bowling. While Kuldeep Yadav has played 20 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) matches and 8 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), he has only featured in just two Test matches for his nation. Keeping the statistics in mind, Kuldeep's mentor Brad Hogg has said that the young India spinner is ready to feature in Tests and should be given an opportunity to play the longest format of the game. The legendary Australian spinner, who played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has spent a lot of time with the bowler and is not shy to say that he is a fantastic human being.

With India set to tour England in July, the veteran Australian bowler believes that Kuldeep Yadav is ready to make his place in the Indian Test set-up."Yeah, he is ready. A quality wrist spinner always does well against England. I know it's hard on Ashwin and Jadeja, and if India can play Ashwin as the all rounder and squeeze in Kuldeep, it would be great. And if they need just one spinner, I think he is ready for it. He is not a T20 and ODI specialist, he is the real deal.” Brad Hogg said.

Leg spinner Kuldeep made his Test debut against Australia in Dharamsala in March 2017, where he ended the match with figures of four wickets for 91 runs. He played his second and last Test match against Sri Lanka last year in August.