Kuldeep Yadav claims his 8th four-fer in ODIs: Key stats
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Kuldeep Yadav played a key role, helping India win the 1st ODI against South Africa on Sunday. The match in Ranchi saw India defend their score of 349/8, winning the contest by 17 runs. Kuldeep was the pick of the Indian bowlers, picking up 4/68 from 10 overs on a batting deck in Ranchi. His double wicket in the 31st over helped Team India.
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A four-wicket haul for Kuldeep
Kuldeep helped India by breaking a 66-run stand for the 4th wicket by dismissing Tony de Zorzi (37). And then in the 31st over, he ended a solid 97-run stand between Matthew Breetzke and Marco Jansen. Jansen rocked back to pull and was caught at deep mid-wicket. Breetzke then wanted to go over long-on and perished. Prenelan Subrayen was his final scalp.
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4th four-fer against South Africa for Kuldeep
With this spell of 4/68, Kuldeep has raced to 186 wickets from 115 ODI matches at an average of 26.36. This was his 8th ODI four-fer. He also owns 2 five-wicket hauls. Against South Africa, the star spinner has bagged 31 scalps from 14 matches at 16.58. This was his 4th four-fer versus the Proteas.