Kuldeep Yadav was the man of the match in the Test match against Bangladesh. However, he did not get a chance in the team in the second Test match.
Rahul gave a big statement regarding Kuldeep Yadav
The Indian team did win in Mirpur but this victory was not as expected. Team India won this victory with great difficulty. From the day the match started, questions were being raised on the decisions of the management. Veterans and fans could not understand why Kuldeep Yadav, who was the man of the match of the Chattogram Test, did not get a chance in the playing XI. On the fourth day of the match, Rahul told the reason behind this.
Kuldeep Yadav took eight wickets in the last match. He took five wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second innings. Despite such a great performance, he was not selected for the second test. Veteran players termed it wrong and stupid. Rahul was also questioned about this in the press conference after the match.
Rahul does not regret his decision
Rahul clearly said that he has no regrets for leaving Kuldeep Yadav out of the team. However, if it was in his hands, he would have put Kuldeep in the second innings. He said, ‘I have no regrets on my decision. This was the right decision. If you see the wicket, the fast bowlers took many wickets and got many chances. There was a lot of bounce. He further said, ‘It was a very difficult decision because he had won the last match. Seeing the pitch before the match, it was understood that the fast bowlers would have got a lot of help. Thinking of this, we took this decision to make a balance team.
Rahul wanted to feed Kuldeep Yadav in the second innings
Rahul also said that if he had a chance, he would have fielded Kuldeep Yadav as an impact player in the second innings. He said, ‘If there was a rule of impact player here like IPL, I would have definitely played Kuldeep in the second innings.’ He said, today Ashwin and Shreyas played their roles well. He gave victory to India by performing well. At no point were we going to assume that victory would be easy. We knew that we would have to work hard to score runs.