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Twitter criticises Indian management for not playing Kuldeep Yadav in first Test

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The Indian Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav once again found himself out of favour as he was not selected in the playing XI for the first match against England. The match is taking place in Chennai and even after being fit, Yadav got a cold shoulder in favour of Shahbaz Nadeem. 

The Twitterati didn’t find it pleasing one bit and then there was a flood of memes related to Kuldeep’s non-selection in the side. Even former cricketers and cricket commentators were shocked by Indian team management’s decision of not playing the Uttar Pradesh born a Chennai wicket which is known for favouring spinners. 

Kuldeep, 26, has so far played six Tests and taken 24 wickets in them with an average of 24.12 and a brilliant strikerate of 51.2. However, the last time he played a test match was when nobody had heard of covid-19 and shining the balls with saliva was still permitted.

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