Revealed on: Aug 07, 2025 06:13 am IST
Kuldeep Yadav travelled to England for a five-match Take a look at sequence however did not characteristic in a single match, which drew some flak
Former India batter Robin Uthappa has despatched a transparent message to Kuldeep Yadav with vital recommendation about how he can place himself to characteristic extra frequently in Take a look at matches. Kuldeep travelled to England for a five-match Take a look at sequence however did not characteristic in a single match, which drew some flak. The left-arm spinner made his Take a look at debut in 2017, however since then, he has performed solely 13 matches. He final performed a red-ball match for India in opposition to New Zealand in 2024.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Shubman Gill confronted some criticism for not together with Kuldeep in any of the matches in England. Nevertheless, the 2-2 sequence consequence finally helped justify the choice to go together with Washington Sundar as a substitute.
The group administration determined to go together with depth within the batting line-up in English situations, and Sundar performed the position properly, scoring a century in Manchester after which a half-century on the Oval to assist India draw the sequence. Sundar scored 284 runs at a mean of 47.33. He did not get a lot alternative with the ball on pace-friendly tracks, however he managed to assert seven wickets in 74.1 overs he bowled.
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Uthappa additionally instructed Kuldeep to work on his batting abilities to align with the present group administration’s plans, however he asserted it would not be straightforward for him.
“Put Kuldeep within the 11 and be sure you’re batting remains to be in a state the place not one of the followers will go after the group administration or the captain. With all due respect to Kuldeep’s prowess with the ball, he is acquired limitations to his batting. That is going to take quite a lot of effort from his aspect,” he stated on his YouTube channel.
The previous batter additional gave an instance of legendary Ravichandran Ashwin, who was an everyday in abroad situations too. Ashwin had 6 Take a look at centuries to his identify and performed some essential knocks in testing instances to rescue India.
“Ashwin has acquired 5-6 Take a look at lots of. If he can do this on the decrease center batting order, say at quantity eight or 9, then he will definitely play extra Checks,” he added.
