Kuldeep Yadav credits Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj for India’s great start in the ODI World Cup 

Kuldeep Yadav credited Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj for India's great start in the World Cup, says they help the spinners as well.

Kuldeep Yadav credits Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj for India’s great start in the ODI World Cup 

Kuldeep Yadav credits the pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed SIraj for India's unbeaten run (Images via ESPN)

India has had a dream start in 2023 ICC ODI World Cup. The hosts are one of the two teams to go unbeaten so far in the tournament and look like favorites to qualify for the Semi-Final stages. They have beaten arch-rivals Australia and Pakistan along with Asian sides Bangladesh and Afghanistan so far. Talking to the International Cricket Council, Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav credited the Indian pace attack for their great start. 

Kuldeep said the pacers gave great starts while bowling and it has helped the Indian team. “It’s very important to start off very well with the first Powerplay. Jasprit and Siraj have done really well,” Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav told the ICC after India’s win over Bangladesh. He added, “Not just giving us wickets, but probably just containing the runs as well (for) when me and Jaddu bhai (Ravindra Jadeja) come to bowl. We’ve always got one or two wickets, only today (against Bangladesh) we felt that they got a very good start.”

India has picked up 36 wickets so far in the 4 matches they have played in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup. Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 10 wickets in the 4 matches he has played, while Mohammed Siraj and Hardik Pandya have picked up 5. The spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja have picked up 6 and 7 wickets each, 

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Can India break their losing streak against New Zealand? 

In the 20 years India has not beaten New Zealand in any ICC event. The last time the two teams faced each other in an ICC event was in the 2021 ICC T20I World Cup, in which India lost to New Zealand in the group stage. The two teams have had 9 meetings in the ODI World Cup, in which NZ has won 5 times. 

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MS Dhoni is run out by Martin Guptill in the 2019 ODI World Cup Semi Final (Image via ESPN)

India and New Zealand faced each other in the 2019 ODI World Cup Semi Finals, in which India lost by 18 runs. The last time India beat New Zealand was in the 2003 ODI World Cup. The two teams will play each other on 22nd October in the HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala. So far in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup, the two sides have had an unbeaten run, winning all four matches. 

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