Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav became the fastest spinner to get 150 wickets in an ODI
There was another impressive performance given by Kuldeep Yadav with the ball after his five-wicket haul against the Pakistan cricket team on Monday, as he completed a four-wicket haul against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. His back-to-back amazing performances have helped India enter the final of the tournament.
Kuldeep's four wickets helped him to 150 wickets in his ODI career, with the left-arm spinner achieving the feat in his 88th match. He has now become the quickest Indian spinner to reach the milestone.
Pakistan legend Saqlain Mushtaq continues to be the quickest, having taken only 78 matches, followed by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan's 80 matches and Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka's 84 matches.
Overall, he’s the second-fastest Indian to reach the landmark after fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who took 80 matches to get there.
India captain Rohit Sharma praised Kuldeep for yet another brilliant performance as he said, "For the past year or so, he has bowled really, really well. He has done a lot of hard work on his rhythm. He went back to the drawing board and worked on it. The ball is coming out nicely, and you can see the results in the last 10 ODIs.