After England’s contentious decision to select Adil Rashid for the first Test against India this week, it will be fascinating to see whether India make a similar call at Edgbaston on Wednesday. To select Kuldeep Yadav for his third Test would be nothing like as controversial as England’s call-up for Rashid, but India’s coach and captain will essentially be asking themselves the same question: how convincingly will white-ball prowess translate into Test cricket? Kuldeep has, of course, provided some of the most eye-catching moments of the summer so far with his left-arm wrist-spin, bewitching England’s batsmen with his variations on his way to taking 14 wickets in four white-ball matches earlier this month before Joe Root rendered him wicketless on his way to an unbeaten…

Source: The Times July 30, 2018 10:52 UTC