The top spinner for India, Kuldeep Yadav, has been benched for the first One-Day International match against Sri Lanka at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. In the absence of the left-arm chinaman, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal will be in charge of India’s spin attack.
The change has come even though he won the player of the match in the last match that he played for India. In the first Test of the series against Bangladesh, Kuldeep took eight wickets and scored 40 runs in the game as India registered a massive 227-run win.
In addition, India also has left two other star players from its playing XI. Despite scoring a double century in his final ODI for India, Ishan Kishan was not given a spot in the team. Star batter Suryakumar Yadav could not find a place in the team either. In the past year, the 32-year-old has excelled in the game’s shortest format.
On the other hand, KL Rahul, who has been out of form for quite some time, has been named as the team’s wicketkeeper. Fans have expressed their displeasure for leaving out the prime spinner out of the team.
“Phehaps selection criteria has been changed now, if you perform, you’ll be benched. Player’s chances to be in playing XI is directly proporsonal to how bad batting/bowling form he has. Examples: Kuldeep Yadav (got only one test in Bangladesh and took 8 wickets out of 20),” a user wrote.
“What’s going on? those are performing are not being considered. Same thing happened with Kuldeep Yadav. Shame!” another user wrote.
IND vs SL Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik and Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha and Dilshan Madushanka
Here is how Twitter reacted to KL Rahul
??? 5 ????? ??? ?? ???? ?????? – Kuldeep Yadav
??? 200 ???? ?? ???? ?????? – Ishan Kishan
??? 100 ???? ?? ???? ?????? – Surya Kumar Yadav
?? ??? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ?????? – KL Rahul
— pravin wankhede (@pwankhede307) January 10, 2023
What is going on in the Indian cricket team?
any brief description?Kuldeep Yadav -for 5wickets-out in the next match
Ishaan Kishan – Scored 200-Ruled out of next seriesKL Rahul -Totally Out of Form,Still Plays!
Brother is the champion,you will also do wicket-keeping!!@BCCI— ????y? ????y?? ?????????? (@bnthakur05) January 10, 2023
@BCCI what's going on? those are performing are not being considered. Same thing happened with Kuldeep Yadav. Shame!
— Sam Roy (@samroy67) January 10, 2023
Being a yadav Why are you silent about exclusion of kuldeep yadav, Surya Kumar yadav? ???
— ?????? ??? (@789Sahiba) January 10, 2023
Bribe money was not received by BCCI on the behalf of Kuldeep Yadav
— Sukham Garg ?? (@SukhamGarg19) January 10, 2023
??????, ??????, ?????, ???? ?? ???? ????? ??????? ????? ?? ????? ????? ??? ??????? ?? ?? ????? ???? ???? ?????
??? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ????? ????? ?? ??? ???#INDvSL #BCCI_???????_???_??? #BCCI #KLRahul #suryakumar #kuldeepyadav #Samson #umeshyadav— Sanjay Singh (@y_sanjuu) January 10, 2023
#karunnair scores triple hundred, dropped from next Test match. #IshanKishan scores Double Hundred, dropped from next ODI,#kuldeepyadav won the player of the match , dropped the next match #BCCI
— ??????? (@YadavNarvendra) January 10, 2023
Ho gaya na jatibad Jo bhi Player perfomance karta hai use agle match se bhar kar diya jata hai !? jase Surya Kumar yadav, ishan kishan, kuldeep yadav " pic.twitter.com/PCZerhLTTu
— Virendra Singh (@Virendr21339860) January 10, 2023
Phehaps selection criteria has been changed now, if you perform, you'll be benched. Player's chances to be in playing XI is directly proporsonal to how bad batting/bowling form he has. Examples: Kuldeep yadav(got only one test in Bangladesh and took 8 wickets out of 20). https://t.co/iskQ0Gnzhg
— Gaurav Yadav (@imgaurav09) January 10, 2023
Suryakumar Yadav is the most lethal and in-form batter in the world right now. And he is not in the eleven!
The way Kuldeep Yadav is treated is a shameful story on its own. Every time he's selected, he delivers. And then they immediately drop him. 2/3— Sandipan Deb (@sandipanthedeb) January 10, 2023
