Kuldeep Yadav
India’s current squad for the Test series against England certainly has variety in the spin department. In Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra, India have a left-arm spinner, off-spinner and leg spinner, but one thing India don’t have is a left-arm wrist spinner or chinaman.
Instead, they opted for another off-spinner in Jayant Yadav as the back-up spinner. While Jayant is definitely more experienced than the 21-year-old Kuldeep Yadav, the promise that the Uttar Pradesh bowler has shown and the form he is in at the moment, make him a surprise omission.
After impressing in the Duleep Trophy, the 21-year-old has continued his good form in the Ranji Trophy where has already picked up 27 wickets in six matches. Aside from the fact that he is a chinaman, a extremely rare commodity in international cricket, the fact that he can bat as well, evident from his three fifties this year and an average of nearly 30 with the bat shows that he is a multi-faceted cricketer who should earn a national call-up sooner rather than later..
