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Former India opener Aakash Chopra has said that decision to drop chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav from India's Test squad for England tour was "a bit harsh". He has added that a wrist spinner in Kuldeep could have given India an advantage.

Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has said that decision to drop chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav from India's Test squad for World Test Championship (WTC) Final and England series was "a little tough".

 Kuldeep Yadav was travelling with the Indian Test squad for the longest time but not getting enough game time. He did not feature in a single Test match in Australia as net bowlers played ahead of him. In the 4-Test home series against England, Kuldeep Yadav got only a match to play and Shahbaz Nadeem and then Axar Patel was preferred ahead of him. The 26-year-old found no luck in the now-postponed IPL 2021 where he warmed the bench throughout.

BCCI on Friday announced India's squad for almost 3-month long England tour which will begin with the WTC final against New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton. Kuldeep Yadav was one of the major missing names in the 20-memember squad led by Virat Kohli.

 

"Personally, even Kuldeep Yadav's exclusion is a little harsh. He has not played too much cricket, so to make the formal opinion that he does not make the cut, I feel that he is a little hard done by," Chopra said during a discussion on ESPNCricinfo. 

"He bowled only one Test against England, on a raging turner. Picked up a couple of wickets at the end. Did not play the pink-ball Test. Now he is not playing the entire series.

"Not just the WTC final, but also the five-match Test series against England. In Covid times, you have the luxury of playing larger squads, so why not Kuldeep Yadav," Chopra added.

4 finger-spinners but no wrist spinner

The former India opener added that India have gone with 4 finger-spinners in Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel but have no wrist spinner in the line-up. Chopra reckoned that Kuldeep Yadav could have been a great asset against an English side which struggles against wrist spin.

"You get as many as four-spin bowling options - Ashwin, Jadeja, Sundar, and Axar Patel - but all of them are finger-spinners. So, why not a wrist spinner against a side that tends to struggle against them," Chopra signed off.

 

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