Australia’s Steve Smith and retired South African swashbuckler AB de Villiers are the two batsmen, India’s leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav finds most challenging to contain.
Yadav, who went through a prolonged lean patch in 2019, said both the batsmen have unique abilities.
“Smith plays me mostly off the back foot. He plays the ball very late as well, so it becomes challenging to bowl to him,” Yadav told Deep Dasgupta in the latest episode of Cricketbaazi on ESPNCricinfo.
“In ODIs, AB de Villiers is a good player.
He has a unique style. Now that he’s retired, it’s a good thing! But other than him, I haven’t found any other batsman who I am sacred will hit me for a lot of runs,” he said.
