Overview

• Returning to white-ball action, the left-arm wrist-spinner took 4/7 against the UAE and 3/18 against Pakistan for back-to-back Player of the Match awards.
• India have qualified for the Super Four; they play Oman in a dead rubber today before facing Pakistan on September 21 in the next stage.
• Kuldeep described himself as a specialist wicket-taker, saying he must take wickets to keep his place rather than focus on adding batting depth.
• He used his time out of the Test XI to work on fitness and skills and bowled 35 overs in a Duleep Trophy match to restore rhythm.
• Despite his haul, he said he is not yet at full fluency and aims to sharpen his reading of batters, with tournament charts listing him among the top wicket-takers.