Indian left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav who did not have a very good 2019, on Thursday (9 January) accepted that last year was a "tough year" for him in a media interaction and further added that he has learnt from his mistakes and will try to plan better for the challenges this year.

While talking to the press about his plans for 2020, Kuldeep said, “It (2019) was a tough one. If I thought more and gave more time to myself, I could have performed better. In 2020, I will try to plan every game better and give myself more time, so I get more time to reflect on my game.”

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“You play a lot of matches but at the same time, you have to give yourself more time to plan for the next game. I want to be more mentally prepared this year,” he added.

In 2019, Kuldeep did not get as many games for India as compared the year before and the left-arm chinaman even failed to make an impact while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

When asked about how will he improve his game, the 25-year-old replied, “I will definitely take the help of video analysts and speak to the bowling coach (Bharat Arun) in the nets, where we can figure out the strengths and weaknesses of various batsmen.”

“Now everyone knows how Kuldeep bowls he is a chinaman, who has wrong-uns, flippers. So, I have to bring changes in my bowling, which the batsmen cannot figure out,” he further added.

Thus, it will be interesting to see how Kuldeep plays in 2020.

(With PTI inputs)