Kuldeep Yadav regained his form and confidence in IPL 2022.
The England style of going for the kill coupled with the fact that they were playing on a ground where the boundary was very short on one side meant that both Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were rendered ineffective on a flat pitch.
From that point on, he hasn't been able to shore up his confidence and the performances have also gone down.
His career hit rock bottom in IPL 2021 when he was not given a single game by Kolkata Knight Riders throughout the season as KKR went for the likes of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy and even Harbhajan Singh featured in a couple of games.
The team released both Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra and did not keep a backup option which could have created pressure on Kuldeep. The result was that Kuldeep finished the season as the fifth highest wicket taker in the competition with 21 scalps from 14 matches.
Kuldeep bowled at an average of 19.51 and an economy rate of 8.43. He did get some tap in a couple of matches but what was heartening to see was that the old Kuldeep was back who was not afraid of flighting and the ball and was looking for wickets rather than not getting hit.
Kuldeep also picked up two four wicket hauls with the best of 4/14 in the season and looks to be back in the thick of things as far as Team India selection is considered. Having put in the performances, all Kuldeep has to do now is to wait for this turn.
