IPL leading wicket-taker credits Akram for his success

Jaydev Unadkat, the superstar of Pune Super Giants and one of the leading wicket takers of the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) has Pakistan bowling legend, Wasim Akram for his success.

Unadkat, who emerged as one of the leading wicket taking force in this season of IPL informed that he worked with Wasim Akram for some two years to improve his bowling, while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders back then.

“I was too star struck by Akram. But I did manage to learn the art of swing bowling from him. I also learnt different ways of gripping the ball which I was not aware of. I have come a long way but the lessons with Akram taught me the basics of bowling,” Unadkat told Times Of India.

Unadkat, who has also been highly economical and been particularly good while bowling at death praised his Super Giants skipper Steve Smith and Mahendra Singh Dhoni for setting up accurate field placements which have helped him a lot.

“Both Smith and (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni bhai know my strengths so well that they set the fields most of the time. These two guys work in tandem. If one is handling the bowlers, other instructs the fielders. In the end, I am only focused on my bowling,” said Unadkat.