Shane Warne picks Kuldeep Yadav over Ravichandran Ashwin as India's No.1 Test spinner

Shane Warne picks Kuldeep Yadav over Ravichandran Ashwin as India's No.1 Test spinner

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Shane Warne has stated that he would pick Kuldeep Yadav, who was successful in Australia, as India's No. 1 Test spinner in any conditions ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin. Recently, Ravi Shastri also revealed that the wrist-spinner has sent Ashwin down the pecking order for overseas matches.

It was not much time since Ravi Shastri already caused a stir in the cricketing circles by openly stating that Kuldeep Yadav is ahead of senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the team combinations for the overseas Tests. While Shastri's comments did sound a bit harsh but one can never blame him for that. Ashwin has constantly failed to live up to the expectations outside India and his form at home and outside has been nothing short of an unsolved puzzle.

Legendary spinner Shane Warne also seconded India head coach Ravi Shastri's comments and stated that Kuldeep Yadav is India's number one spinner outside India. Meanwhile, Kuldeep has earned praises by leading the wickets tally last year where he picked up 45 wickets at a staggering strike rate of 22.9 in ODIs when India played most of their cricket in foreign countries like England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

 “Look, I am biased. I want spinners to play all the time. Play as many spinners whether it’s off-spin, leg spin. But the more leg spinners, the better for me. I think it’s a proven fact that leg spinners can help win you games in all conditions, home or away. So I hope India stick with spinners and Kuldeep gets a spot in any condition because he is a class act,” Warne told India Today.

Ravi Shastri showered praises on Kuldeep Yadav in the interview with Cricbuzz after his brilliant run in the recent past with the Indian Cricket Team and said that he has transformed himself into the top choice for the team in overseas conditions.

“He plays overseas Test cricket and he gets five wickets, so he becomes our primary overseas spinner. Going ahead, if we have to play one spinner, he is the one we will pick. There is a time for everyone (referring to Ashwin’s poor fitness record in 2018). But now Kuldeep is our frontline number one overseas spinner,” Shastri said.

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