Cricket / Gavaskar furious over Kuldeep's exclusion from Team India, angry statement created panic

Zoom News : Dec 22, 2022, 05:15 PM
IND vs BAN: In the second Test match against Bangladesh, 'Chinaman spinner' Kuldeep Yadav was dropped from the playing XI of Team India. This decision of captain KL Rahul set the social media on fire. The news of Kuldeep Yadav being dropped from Team India's playing XI also filled former India captain Sunil Gavaskar with anger. Sunil Gavaskar has fumed over the exclusion of Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI of the second Test match against Bangladesh and has created a stir with one of his angry statements. Former great Sunil Gavaskar criticized the surprise decision to drop spinner Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI for the second Test, terming it as 'unbelievable'.

Gavaskar furious over Kuldeep Yadav's exclusion from Team India

Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep took a career-best five for 40 in the first innings of the first Test in Chittagong. He took three wickets in the second innings as well, performing best in the match, taking eight wickets for 113 runs, which helped India win the match by 188 runs. However, pacer Jaydev Unadkat replaced him in the playing XI in the second Test starting on Thursday in Mirpur, leaving Gavaskar, former Test bowler Doda Ganesh and former women's captain Anjum Chopra wondering why the team management took such a decision.

Angry created panic with his statement

Commenting on the series broadcaster 'Sony Sports Network', Gavaskar said, 'Getting the best player of the match out, it is unbelievable. I can only use this word. I wanted to use strong words, but it is unbelievable that you got the best player of the match out, who took eight out of 20 wickets. You have two more spinners (Ravichandran Ashwin and Akshar Patel). ) Were. Certainly any one of the other spinners could have been dropped, but the guy who took eight wickets should have played today looking at the pitch.

'Silly and against the logic of cricket'

Ganesh is shocked that Kuldeep was treated like this. This fast bowler, who played four Tests, wrote on social media, 'Why does this happen again and again with Kuldeep Yadav. You can't do this to him again and again. Please put your hand on his shoulder and tell him not to lose his courage. Yes, bad happened to Kuldeep Yadav. Feel sorry for him. Also, the decision to drop him today is all the more foolish and against the logic of cricket considering the Bangladesh players were finding it difficult to read his deliveries in the last Test. Do you want your match winner to sit outside.

Think tanks should show more restraint

Ganesh said, 'I think the think tank should show more restraint regarding the young players who are performing well and should change the team composition accordingly. Last time he dropped Karun Nair, who played an unbeaten 303, and fed the extra fast bowler in Hyderabad and now it happened with Kuldeep Yadav. Shocking. Kuldeep also scored 40 runs in the first innings while performing well with the bat.

Kuldeep's exclusion was termed as strange

Anjum, the former captain of the Indian women's cricket team, also termed Kuldeep's exclusion as strange. Anjum wrote on social media, 'Just three days ago, Jaydev Unadkat was fed as the third fast bowler to get out Kuldeep Yadav, the best player of India's last Test match. Surprising but strategic change.

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