By Admin 
On the third day of India vs West Indies second test being played in Delhi, Kuldeep Yadav created a stir with his bowling. He took 5 wickets in the first innings of West Indies. This is the 5th wicket haul of his Test career. With the help of his brilliant bowling, India bowled out West Indies for 248 runs in the first innings.
Kuldeep Yadav had taken one wicket on the second day of the Test, but he did wonders as soon as he came on the third day. He took the first wicket of the day in his very first over, it was the wicket of Shai Hope. After this, he got Tevin Imlach out LBW in his next over. He also took the third wicket of the day, it was the wicket of Justin Greaves.
Kuldeep Yadav’s claw
Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets by dismissing Jayden Seales, this was the last wicket of West Indies’ first innings. India took a lead of 270 runs on the basis of first innings and called West Indies to bat again.
Kuldeep Yadav made many records
Kuldeep Yadav has become the first bowler in the world to dismiss Shai Hope 3-3 times in ODI and Test. Along with this, he has also become the spin bowler who has taken the most international wickets for India this year (2025), earlier Varun Chakraborty was at number-1 position and now Kuldeep has come on top. Kuldeep has taken 35* wickets this year.
Indian spinner with most wickets in 2025
- Kuldeep Yadav – 35*
- Varun Chakraborty – 31*
- Ravindra Jadeja – 25*
- Akshar Patel – 20*
- Washington Sundar – 11*
5⃣-fer x 5⃣ times
Kuldeep Yadav gets his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests!
A wonderful performance from him yet again 🔝
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Kuldeep Yadav’s world record
Kuldeep Yadav has become the left-arm spinner to take five wicket hauls 5 times in the least number of matches. This is Kuldeep’s 15th Test match, before this this record was in the name of Johnny Wardle, who took five wicket haul for the 5th time in his 28th Test. In third place is Paul Adams, who did this in the 45th Test.