Sachin, Sourav call Kuldeep’s hattrick a ‘special spell’

KOLKATA: Sachin Tendulkar and former captain Sourav Ganguly led the applause as left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav drew allround praise for his match-winning hat-trick against Australia in the second ODI in Kolkata.

“@imkuldeep18&@yuzi_chahal didn’t just bowl well but actually spun the game in India’ s favour! Superb batting @imVkohli & @ajinkyarahane88,” Tendulkar wrote on his Twitter page.

Ganguly on his part said, “It was a special spell. He bowled brilliantly. He still has along way togo an di san asset for the team .”

Incidentally Kapil’s feat in the 1991 Asia Cup final against Sri Lank a had also come at the Eden, which was a witness to Harbhajan Sing h’ s famous hat-trick during the 2001 Kolka ta Test against Australia.

Asked to compare Harbhajan’s hat-trick with that of Kuldeep’s, Ganguly, who was the then captain of the Indian team, didn’t wish to get into comparisons.

“I don’t want to compare, it’s not easy to get a hat-trick ,” Ganguly, whole d India to there markable victory in 2001 Test against Australia, added.