Tendulkar, Ganguly laud Kuldeep’s ‘trick’ at Eden

TIL Desk Sports/ Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly led the applause for Kuldeep Yadav after his match-winning hat-trick against Australia in the second One-Day International at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Thursday.

The left-arm spinner returned figures of 3 for 54, taking the wickets of Mathew Wade, Ashton Agar and Pat Cummins off consecutive deliveries in the 33rd over, to become only the third Indian, after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev, to record the rare feat in ODI cricket.”@imkuldeep18 & @yuzi_chahal didn’t just bowl well but actually spun the game in India’s favour! Superb batting @imVkohli & @ajinkyarahane88,” batting icon Tendulkar posted on his Twitter page.

Former India captain Ganguly on his part said: “It was a special spell. He bowled brilliantly. He still has a long way to go and is an asset for the team.” Incidentally, Kapil’s feat in the 1991 Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka had also come at the Eden, which was a witness to Harbhajan Singh’s famous hat-trick during the 2001 Kolkata Test against Australia.