Michael Clarke urges India to include Kuldeep Yadav in playing XI for second Test against England

New Delhi: Ex-Australian cricket player Michael Clarke has called upon India to make Kuldeep Yadav part of the playing XI in the second Test against England at Edgbaston. Clarke is a firm believer that Kuldeep can make a better impact as compared to what India achieved in the first Test at Headingley where they lost by five wickets.

The next Test will start on July 2 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Before the game, Michael Clarke has suggested India to include Kuldeep Yadav to the playing eleven.

India fielded a single spinner in Ravindra Jadeja who could only achieve a single wicket in the two innings and was hardly effective in the match.

“Bowling-wise, I do not want to be hard on any individual, but I think they’ve got to play Kuldeep Yadav. I think it is an absolute no-brainer. I think he’s a wicket-taker and would have offered a lot more than what he saw the attack do in this Test,” Clarke said while speaking on his YouTube channel.

“Bumrah’s a star, he’s leading that attack. But the other three pacers, yes, at stages bowled well, but they need to find more ways of taking wickets, more options and their execution has probably got to be better,” Clarke said.

“Jadeja didn’t have the impact that I thought he might have. Particularly in the second innings, I thought there was a lot of rough to the left-hander. I thought he bowled a little bit straight,” Clarke added.

The ex-Australian cricketer was surprised when Kuldeep Yadav was omitted in the first Test. Clarke indicated that India appeared to be more concerned with having a stronger order of batters in their team.

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