The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday (November 2) confirmed Kuldeep Yadav’s release from the Indian T20I squad in Australia so that the wrist-spinner can play the second four-day match for India A against South Africa A in Bengaluru, slated to start on November 6.

Kuldeep, who played the first two T20Is against Australia in Canberra and Melbourne, didn’t feature in the third match at Hobart on Sunday. He won’t be available for selection in the remaining two T20Is.

“The Indian team management has requested to release Kuldeep Yadav from the ongoing T20I series in Australia to allow him to participate in the India A series against South Africa A at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru,” BCCI said in a statement.

“The decision has been taken to provide Kuldeep with red-ball game time in preparation for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa,” the statement added.

The BCCI didn’t announce a replacement for Kuldeep Yadav for the last two T20Is, slated to be held in Bill Pippen Oval and Brisbane on November 6 and November 8 respectively.

India’s updated squad for 4th and 5th T20I: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

India A’s updated squad for 2nd four-day game: Rishabh Pant (C) (WK), KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Sai Sudharsan (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harsh Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurnoor Brar, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav