Umesh Yadav ranked his performance in the 18th over against Pune Warriors in the ongoing Pepsi Indian Premier League among his "top-three" in the shortest format of the game.
He also revealed about the kind of planning that had gone into bowling that particular over.
"There have been some good performances but this will obviously rank among my top three in this format. Yuvi paaji (Yuvraj Singh) and Luke (Wright) were batting very well and it's always more satisfying to get both set batsmen out. I have put in a lot of thought while bowling that over and it came out well in the end," Umesh, who conceded only two runs in that crucial over against Pune, told PTI today.
Asked about the kind of plan that he executed, Umesh explained, "I bowled a couple yorkers and then got Luke with a slower one. I had it in mind that side boundaries are really long and if I bowl a bouncer, it will need a really powerful pull-shot to clear the ropes. Yuvraj played the pull shot and was caught at the boundary line. I must admit, had it been any other ground, it was a six."
David Warner termed Umesh's bowling at the death as sensational. Asked him about the compliments, the pacer answered, "The special part about this team is bonding among the players. Just like Warner said that I was sensational, even his full-stretched dive at the boundary line off my bowling was brilliant.
