Robin Uthappa has surprisingly snubbed the star left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav from his playing XI for the Test between India and England, which will begin on June 20 at Headingley in Leeds.
The top four picked by Uthappa were along the expected lines as he named KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal as openers, followed by Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill at No.3 and No.4.
"For me, I want to start stronger right at the top, and I would want KL Rahul to open there. With the kind of success he has gotten there, with just the way he batted in Australia, and the way he has batted in the past in England augurs well for India to get him to open the batting," he said.
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja selected as all-rounders by Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa further selected Nitish Kumar Reddy as the fast-bowling all-rounder over Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja as the sole spinner over Kuldeep Yadav. He said:
The three frontline pacers in Robin Uthappa's team are Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, and Mohammed Siraj. However, the exclusion of Kuldeep Yadav comes as a major surprise, as many experts have backed him to be India's X-factor in the Test series against England.
Robin Uthappa's India playing XI 1st Test
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
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