Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is having a great start to their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, winning 3 our of the first 5 matches and sitting at 2nd position in the points table, and one big reason for their success this season is Umesh Yadav.
Umesh Yadav was bought for his base price by the Kolkata based franchise, is currently one of the best bowler in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, sitting 2nd position on the purple cap chart with Yuzvendra Chahal leading the chart by 1 wicket over Umesh Yadav.
Umesh was not used a lot by his previous franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and was mostly warming the bench, as a result, he was even dropped out of the Indian cricket team.
But the way he has put himself up-forth as one of the best new ball bowler in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, many are even thinking whether a comeback into the Indian cricket team is possible for the pacer.
His Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) teammate Tim Southee thinks so. Tim Southee in a statement said that he is a big fan of Umesh Yadav and how he has performed this season, he doesn’t see a reason why Umesh should not play for Team India.
Tim Southee said, “I am a fan of Umesh Yadav, he is a tremendous bowler. If he keeps performing the way he’s been doing I can’t see why he would not do well for India in T20 cricket.”
So far in IPL 2022, Umesh Yadav has picked up 10 wickets from 5 matches, but the most important of that how he has given his team an advantage with the new ball, taking wickets in the powerplay, slowing down opposition’s run rate.
As a result of which, the Shreyas Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders currently sits 2nd in the IPL 2022 Points Table with 3 wins from 5 matches. They next play the Sunrisers Hyderabad on the 15th of April, who have picked up form recently.