Former Indian Spinner R Ashwin believes that team leadership must include the wrist of the left shoulder of Kuldeep Yadav to play XI if India wants to win at least two tests against England. Ashwin added that the match would also reveal whether Gautam Gambhir and SHUBMAN GILL are really determined to take 20 goals.
The wrist of his left shoulder took 21 goals against England with an impressive diameter of 22.28, including one haul for five goals. Kuldeep was a key figure in the English only defeat of the series Under the Ben Stokes-Gendon McCullum mode during their 2024 tour after India. The thirty -year -old player was helpful in England’s outfoxing with hard doughs throughout the series and won 19 goals out of four matches, including a match player in the fifth Dharamsale test with 7/112 matches.
“There is a serious question of Gambhira and Gilla’s commitment to take 20 goals. This test will show us. If you are seriously determined, Kuldeep gets a look,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
“Kuldeep Yadav has to play. If there are not too many grass, the Kuldeep must play.
When Prasna Agoram, former Analyst Performance in South Africa, Prasanna Agoram, designed three changes in the team – Kuldeep for Shardul Thakur, Arshdeep Singh for Prasidh Krishna, and Nitish Reddy in his perspective Shardul Thakur, and Ashwin Shardul Thakur In the team – Kuldeep for Shardul Thakur.
“I agree a little bit, but I’m not a big fan of too many changes. So if the Kuldeep comes to Shardul Thakur, I keep Prasidh Krishna, as it turned out in the second inning of the first test that when it is well reminded.
Ashwin plunged into a debate about whether Nitish Kumar Reddy should replace Karun Nair or Sai Sudharsan, said “I know this leadership really evaluates Nitish Reddy.”
He also talked about playgrounds in England and the role of heavy cylinders. “People talk about the backrests, the last day, etc., but England is a very unforgivable place for spinners. In Australia, and speed will be reflected and you can be midd if you have tactical plans.
“But in England, the playground is still slower after, and it also starts slower as the game progresses.”
He also noted that, unlike general beliefs, Spin can play a larger role in the first three days in Edgbaston. “Edgbaston is one of the rare reasons in England, along with Headingley, where the first test was played, that there could be some reflection. For the most part in the first three days it will certainly spin. In the back half of the game it spins, but it will have a chance.
In the 2018 test against England, Alastair Cooka bowed in both shifts with vans that turned around the stumps and turned sharply around the defensive Prod to knock out the stump.
He also raised a point about whether India – not only the team, but also its fans – attached too much importance to the IPL performance. “How easy is it to skip Karun Nair?
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
1 July 2025
