new delhi umesh yadav was the highest wickettaker for india in the 2015 icc odi world cup held in australia and new zealand he claimed 18 wickets in 8 matches since then the vidarbha pacer has played just 27 odis and bagged 39 wickets with his last odi being an outing against the west indies in october 2018 umesh gave away 78 runs in 10 overs in visakhapatnam in that match he didnt make the cut for the 2019 edition of the world cupbut umesh hasnt given up hope of playing limitedovers cricket for india i am desperate to play whiteball cricket umesh told timesofindiacom in an exclusive interviewwho wants to sit outside the ground i am also human i am working really hard and am very eager to play whiteball cricket again i got the chance in the 2015 world cup i was happy to perform well for my country i was disappointed when i was not included in the 2019 world cup be it t20is or odis i eagerly want to make a comeback i am seriously looking forward to this i am thankful to the selectors who gave me the opportunity to play for the country they are the best judge i am trying my best to make a comeback to whiteball cricket for this whatever i have to do i will umesh saidwith team india on a long tour of new zealand 5 t20is 3 odis and 2 tests umesh is preparing to play the twotest series against the kiwisin 2019 umesh played 8 tests taking 23 wickets he is currently busy with ranji trophy duties for his home team vidarbhahonestly i am looking forward to this playing tests in new zealand i am eager to play redball cricket in new zealand i have performed well in recent times and im in good touch too my series against bangladesh was good too i am pretty positive about my selection for new zealand test series if i am selected i am going to give my 100 percent i have worked a lot on my line and length i am hoping for the best a confident umesh told timesofindiacomumesh was part of the virat kohliled squad that won the firstever test series against australia in australia in 2019 after the historic series win team india coach ravi shastri went on to say this india pace attack is the best weve ever hadfrom left ishant sharma mohammed shami and umesh yadavravi shastri sir termed our bowling as best because he has seen us bowling and sweating it out in the nets our coach shastri and captain virat kohli have showed trust in us and guided us they motivate us thats why we have earned the tag of best in the world its a big thing for us we will ensure we retain this tag whenever we go onto the field and represent our country umesh said i am proud to be a part of this pacebowling attack