Kuldeep Yadav, India’s premier spinner, has been left out of the starting XI for the first Test against Australia at Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.
Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat in the Nagpur Test against India. Both teams are spin-heavy, with India opting for three spinners and Australia debuting Todd Murphy.
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Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat make their Test debuts for India as well. Australia has dubbed it ‘DOCTORED PITCH,’ while Dravid is attempting to seize ‘HOME ADVANTAGE.’
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Both teams are currently without important players before the first Test. In addition to Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Cameron Green being unavailable for the Australians, Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah are also unavailable for India ahead of the first Test. India is ranked second and Australia is first in the WTC points standings. In order to advance to the final, the Men in Blue must win the series.
WATCH: TWITTER REACTS AS KULDEEP YADAV GETS BENCHED IN FIRST TEST
Performance has nothing to do with selection #ShubmanGill #kuldeepyadav @BCCI
— Brajeshjhawar (@Brajeshjhawar1) February 9, 2023
KL has no place in the side. Surya is the aggressor to replace Pant. KS Bharat a forced choice of course. Pant is a big big miss.#gill is batting so well, Unbelievable to not pick him. He is best Indian batter at the moment.#kuldeepyadav is the best spinner 💩
— pranit malik (@pranitmalik) February 9, 2023
Indian selections back to square 1.
1. Shubman Gill it’s best batsman not in the team😰
2. Kuldeep Yadav it’s best bowler not in the team😰Just senseless selection🤔😌😰https://t.co/zOx0tSa9gu
— Dr. [email protected], PhD (@indiamusings) February 9, 2023
@BCCI @imkuldeep18 kuldeep Yadav not playing test cricket at this form is a huge loss for Indian cricket and huge win for visitors..
Dear bcci please don't ruin carrier of a lovely player— ankush kumar (@ankushkmr572) February 9, 2023
By looking at the form and no. of left hand batsman in Aus. team, #kuldeepyadav would have been a great option. But he is not selected.. #INDvsAUS #BCCI #BCCISelectionCommittee
— Kartik Shah (@kartikk1shah) February 9, 2023
Sarfaraz Khan
Shubman Gill
Kuldeep Yadav3 players who must be wondering what do they need to do to play Test cricket consistently
— Rudraksh (@rex_cricket) February 9, 2023
Another day, Another injustice to Kuldeep Yadav
Feeling sad for this guy💔#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Or2syTPR9N— Pigga (@piggahd77) February 9, 2023
Kuldeep yadav and Sarfaraz Khan are very very unlucky.
— Devansh Malhotra (@Devansh94872548) February 9, 2023
Kuldeep Yadav has been playing well in all forms lately, and his dependable performances have earned him a spot in India’s side for the first two Test matches against Australia.
In the first Test match against Bangladesh in December, Kuldeep Yadav won Player of the Match. Kuldeep Yadav would go on to play in the limited-overs matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the run-up to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
When the two teams square off in the opening encounter of the four-game Test series for the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur starting today, Team India will try to maintain their dominance over Australia (February 9). Since 2015, when Australia last played India in a series, India has held the BGT. In their most recent five Test matches, Rohit Sharma’s team has only lost one.
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