India, Oct. 1 -- Having warmed the bench through the five-Test series in England, India's star spinner Kuldeep Yadav said "bowling a lot" in the Duleep Trophy helped him get his rhythm back in time for the Asia Cup. Kuldeep finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker with 17 scalps at an average of 9.29, and in the final against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, he bamboozled the opposition batters to return excellent figures of 4/30 in four overs.

"When you have not played cricket for a long time you need rhythm... That was important for me and I played my first Duleep Trophy game in which I bowled a lot." "So, when I came for the tournament, my bowling was obviously going well," Kuldeep said during a chat with teammate Rinku Singh, ...