Former India spinner R Ashwin minced no words as he questioned the team management’s decision to drop spinner Kuldeep Yadav from the playing eleven as India lost the fourth T20I against West Indies, with the result seeing the series drawing level 2-2 after the first four matches. The left-arm wrist spinner returned figures of 2 for 33 in the opening match but conceded 53 runs in the Ranchi match, which India lost.
Expressing his confusion over the management’s decision to drop Kuldeep, despite the fact that the chinaman spinner was doing so well against the men from the Caribbean nation, Ashwin said that the the call lacked common sense. Kuldeep played the first two matches in Lucknow and Ranchi before being left out for the next two games in Indore and Hyderabad.
After India lost the fourth T20I against West Indies, Ravichandran Ashwin expressed his astonishment at the Indian team management’s decision to drop Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI.
India’s bowling struggles continued in the fourth T20I in Hyderabad, where the West Indies scored 247 for 3 and went on to win by 24 runs after dismissing India for 223. The five-match T20I series is locked at 2-2, with the decider set to be played in Bengaluru. “It is very surprising because, on a ground where you expect to get some bounce, I know it has not always been a happy hunting ground for spinners. Because i think his presence could have made a difference of 15-20 runs,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel, it is very surprising.
But the West Indies batters are struggling to pick his (Kuldeep) googly and leg-spin. So, if you are leaving Kuldeep out against them, it lacks a bit of common sense.
