Kuldeep Yadav lauds Yuzvendra Chahal as spinner dashes KKR hopes with hat-trick
India Today
Delhi Capitals star Kuldeep Yadav lauded his friend and India teammate Yuzvendra Chahal after the Rajasthan Royals spinner spun a web around the Kolkata Knight Riders batters and took his maiden IPL hat-trick on Monday.
Delhi Capitals spinner Kuldeep Yadav hailed his friend and India teammate Yuzvendra Chahal after the Rajasthan Royals (RR) leg-spinner set the Brabourne Stadium on fire with a brilliant hat-trick to help his team seal a thrilling win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday.
Kuldeep took to his official Twitter handle to appreciate Chahal's superlative effort with the ball on Monday night ."Chahalllll @yuzi_chahal," Kuldeep tweeted along with fire and heart emojis.
Chahalllll @yuzi_chahal
Both Kuldeep and Chahal, famously known as KulCha, have been delivering match-winning performances for their new teams in IPL 2022. Notably, both spinners were not retained by their previous IPL franchises.
Chahal's hat-trick and Obed McCoy's two wickets in the last over lifted Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win of IPL 2022. Notably, Jos Buttler smashed his second century of this IPL — 103 off 61 balls — to help Rajasthan post 217/5, the highest total of the season, but Kolkata looked like chasing it down at 178/4 entering the 17th over.
However, Chahal had other plans for KKR batters as he picked his maiden IPL hat-trick to turn the momentum in Rajasthan's favour.
Chahal got Venkatesh Iyer stumped, then three balls later he trapped KKR captain Shreyas Iyer for 85 off 51 balls, and Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins were out to catches for ducks. The 21st hat trick in IPL history, and the fifth by a Rajasthan bowler, gave Chahal 5/40.
