kuldeep yadav

Former India player Robin Uthappa feels leaving kuldeep yadav out of the second Test against Bangladesh after his eight wickets in the opening game does not send the right message to players, and makes them insecure.

A few Indian cricket team members, who are in the state capital for the final ODI against Sri Lanka, on Saturday visited the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and offered prayers.

A series clean sweep in sight, Indian team is unlikely to tinker with its batting line-up but skipper Rohit Sharma could be tempted to look at some of his bowling options during the final ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Having already sealed the series with contrasting wins -- a comfortable one while defending in Guwahati and a hard-fought one while chasing in Kolkata -- Rohit's men wouldn't mind a bit more clinical effort against the island nation in last match of the tour.

Not many can adjust to the different roles that KL Rahul has been asked to play over the years. The 30-year-old, who is a regular Test opener, dons the wicket-keeping gloves in whiteball cricket and has been used as a floater in the batting order. But the Karnataka player has no complaints and he said he is enjoying the challenges.

Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has blamed the senior batters for failing to step up in the second ODI and said they will have to "learn their lessons" before they return to India for the World Cup later this year.

kuldeep yadav can't be blamed if he starts thinking about chances of getting dropped from the playing XI once again when India play the final ODI against Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.

India recorded a hard-fought four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second ODI to seal the series 2-0 with one match to go. Mohammed Siraj (3/30) and kuldeep yadav (3/51) set up India's win followed by KL Rahul's unbeaten valiant knock of 64.

Showing some glimpses of form with a gritty unbeaten 64, KL Rahul anchored India to a hard-earned four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second ODI at the Eden Garden is Kolkata on Thursday. The win gave India an unassailable 2-0 series lead going into the Trivandraum ODI on Sunday. Under-fire Rahul, whose form and place in the XI has been in question for a while, batted with courage and discipline as he forged a crucial 75-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Hardik Pandya (36) after the top-order crumbled in the modest 216 chase.

India paceman Mohammed Siraj gave full credit to wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul for his three-wicket haul in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

Be it batting or bowling, Axar Patel always steps up when the team needs him the most and the all-rounder's brilliant catching skills were also on display in the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

Treated as disposable time and again by the current Indian team management, kuldeep yadav once again displayed his skills as he formed a lovely bowling partnership with Mohammed Siraj to demolish Sri Lanka for 215 inside 40 overs in the second ODI on Thursday.

Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday slammed the "unbelievable" exclusion of left-arm wrist spinner kuldeep yadav from the India playing XI for the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

This is a quote from a Vice President of the BCCI, Rajiv Shukla, talking about the decision to drop kuldeep yadav from the Indian cricket team. He defends the decision, saying that everyone has their own opinions, and that Kuldeep should not be disappointed. The Board will take care of him. He also says that the state government is acquiring land for the new stadium, and that construction should likely be completed by the end of the week.

Jaydev Unadkat did get his much-awaited chance with the red ball and he kept his "promise" with a spirited effort in his first Test for India after 12 years. The 31-year-old, who had played his first and only Test way back in 2010 with the great Sachin Tendulkar and current head coach Rahul Dravid being his celebrated teammates, featured in his second outing last week in remarkable circumstances.

Although India won both Tests, they were far from convincing & some shortcomings became evident. As for the ODIs, the series loss is a wake-up call ahead of next year’s World Cup.

Stand-in skipper KL Rahul on Sunday admitted that India missed the services of left-arm wrist spinner kuldeep yadav in the second innings but said he has "no regret" about leaving him out of the final Test against Bangladesh. "Ideally, if the Impact Player rule was there -- like in the IPL -- I would have definitely loved to bring Kuldeep in the second innings," Rahul said.

kuldeep yadav, who last played a Test match almost two years ago, made a memorable comeback to red ball cricket by taking a five-wicket haul in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh.

When a player is adjudged the man of the match for his heroics, it is all but sure for him to retain his place in the following match but that was not the case with kuldeep yadav.

The Indian team management's call to drop kuldeep yadav for the second Test against Bangladesh created a stir with Harbhajan Singh becoming the latest former player to slam the decision.