Team India bowling coach Bharat Arun feels left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav is bowling magnificently in nets and said that he will show what he can do when he is given an opportunity in the upcoming four-match home series against England.
Even though the India team was beset by almost a dozen injuries, they had plenty of options to look at, for the fourth Test of the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar in Brisbane.
But team management went in with four fast bowlers and a solitary spinner in all-rounder Washington Sundar. Even though Kuldeep Yadav was available for the selection, he was overlooked for Sundar, who had better batting capabilities.
Kuldeep Yadav was with the squad since the beginning of the Australia tour. He was the only member of the original squad who did not make it to the XI despite India fielding 20 different cricketers during the four-match series.
India bowling coach Bharat Arun believes Kuldeep is bowling magnificently and ‘he will show what he can do’ when he is given an opportunity in the upcoming four-match home series against England.
"Horses for courses is the best thing and when he gets a chance to play, he will show what he can do because he is bowling magnificently now and in India when we play these four Tests (against England) it will be his time,” Bharat Arun said.
Bharat Arun, 58, further reflected on the team’s bench strength ahead of the England series and said that Team India is blessed with great bench strength.
"If you want India to be doing well sustainably, you need a pool of bowlers who will be rotated time and again so that they stay fresh. Now we are blessed with great bench strength. This tour has taken a lot out of the boys, but now in the future when you have seven fast bowlers raring to play for the country.
With the number of Tests we are going to play four against England here and five in England it will be very handy. They will all be rotated and we will make sure the best team is put forward," he said.
Kuldeep’s last appearance for India in whites was against Australia in Sydney in 2019. With Ravindra Jadeja ruled out with a fractured thumb for the first two Tests against England, his chances of being India’s second spinner after Ashwin seem brighter than ever.
(Hindustan Times Inputs)
