India, March 27 -- Kuldeep Yadav is enjoying a second wind in his career. The left-arm wrist-spinner whose career was on a downward spiral a few years ago - being left out of India's squads and being plagued with injuries, Kuldeep has come into his elements under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. At the recently-concluded Champions Trophy, Kuldeep emerged as India's third-highest wicket-taker with 7 scalps, next to Varun Chakaravarthy and Mohammed Shami. As a result of his splendid show, Kuldeep was rewarded by the ICC as he climbed up to third in the ODI rankings for bowlers.

Kuldeep has been pretty much Rohit's go-to spinner even outside of ODIs. To the extent that Australia's World Cup-winning coach, Michael Clarke, reckons the spinner s...