Kuldeep Yadav was close to Shane Warne and often spoke to him about his bowling. He felt he lost someone very close when the legendary spinner died in 2022.
Kuldeep couldn’t speak to Warne when they first met but became good friends later. Warne always held Kuldeep in high regard.
When Kuldeep played a Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground, Warne told him to smile irrespective of his performance with the ball.
Kuldeep took a 5-wicket haul in the game and dedicated it to the Australian player. Warne started crying after Yadav’s gesture for him.
“I was shocked whn he passed away as I spoke to him 10 days before the tragic day. I was in touch with him,” Kuldeep said in the latest Breakfast with Champions YouTube show episode.
In 8 Test matches, Kuldeep has taken 34 wickets. The left-arm wrist-spinner said he was lucky because a player of Warne’s stature was interested in his bowling.