‘The best one…’: Tristan Stubbs heaps praise on Kuldeep Yadav for his dismissal during Guwahati Test

Tristan Stubbs had little idea that Kuldeep Yadav’s best delivery of the day would come off the first ball of a new spell and the South African admitted that his Delhi Capitals teammate made him dance to his tune despite having faced him many times in the nets.

Tristan Stubbs had hit Kuldeep Yadav for a couple of sixes and was one run short of completing his half-century on Day 1 of the Guwahati Test when the spinner tossed one up and it drifted in the air and started deviating after pitching. Stubbs literally moved his hands towards the ball without any foot movement, resulting in a regulation catch for KL Rahul at first slip.

“I have faced him quite a few times. This was the first ball of his new spell and I think the best one he has bowled. From my angle, it sort of beat me in the drift, that’s sort of why my hands got away, so I think that’s how he got me out,” Stubbs, who scored 49 off 113 balls, said at the end of the day’s play.

Speaking about his dismissal, Tristan Stubbs did not let any praise go short as he gave complete credit to Kuldeep Yadav for setting him up for that specific dismissal.

“It was just the drift and my hands sort of following it, so it’s probably on a day one wicket, that’s probably how he’s trying to get you out, but for him to bowl that first ball of his, coming back, I thought it was quite impressive,” Stubbs spoke about the delivery.