Fans were left surprised by chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav’s non-inclusion in India’s XI for the 4th Test against Australia at the Gabba, Brisbane. 

Even though the India team is beset by almost a dozen injuries, they had plenty of options to look at, for the fourth Test against Australia in Brisbane.

But team management went in with four fast bowlers and a solitary spinner. Even though Kuldeep Yadav was available for the selection, he was overlooked for Washington Sundar, who has better batting capabilities.

Left-arm quick T Natarajan made his Test debut alongside Sundar. And the bowling attack on the field in Brisbane has a cumulative experience of four Tests.

Kuldeep Yadav has been with the squad since the beginning of this tour but didn’t get the opportunity in any of the Tests. The chinaman bowler has a good record against Australia, including a 5-wicket haul in Sydney in the 2018-19 tour.

India head coach, Ravi Shastri said that going ahead, Kuldeep Yadav would be India's first pick in overseas Tests after that fifer, but since then chinaman spinner is yet to feature in Test-match. 

Kuldeep Yadav has bagged 24 wickets to his name in the 6 Test-matches he has played.  His tally of 24 wickets include two 5-wicket hauls

However with Kuldeep Yadav not being included in playing XI experts and fans were shocked and gutted to see a 26-years-old Chinaman spinner left out of the playing XI. 

Here's what Twitterverse had to say: