Sunil Gavaskar says Dropping a Man of the Match, is unbelievable

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Gavaskar expressed that he could hardly imagine that player who had done so well in the last Test was the one being dropped

Former India captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar got straight to the point as he criticized the Indian team management for its decision to drop Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI for the second Test match against Bangladesh which is currently playing in Mirpur.

Former India captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar got straight to the point as he criticized the Indian team management for its decision to drop Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI for the second Test match against Bangladesh which is currently playing in Mirpur. 

India chose to get left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat and the choice implied Kuldeep dropped from the team. The left-arm wrist spinner was the “Player of the Match” in the first Test for getting 8 wickets.

It was a brutal decision and Gavaskar expressed that he could hardly imagine that player who had done so well in the last Test was the one being dropped.

“Dropping a Man of the Match, is unbelievable. That’s the only word I can use and it’s a gentle word. I would like to use quite stronger words, but it’s unbelievable that you left out a ‘man of the match’, who got eight out of the 20 wickets,”

Gavaskar said while commentating on Sony Sports Network, the broadcasters of the series.

Gavaskar further added that India could have dropped either Axar Patel or Ravichandran Ashwin instead of Kuldeep.

“You have got two other spinners (Axar Patel and R. Ashwin). So surely, one of the other spinners could have been dropped. But this guy, who took eight wickets should have played today with due respect to what the pitch looks like,”

Gavaskar said, countering skipper KL Rahul’s argument that the 22-yard strip looked “confusing”.

India’s stand-in captain KL Rahul said at the toss that it was a difficult call to drop Kuldeep.

“Hard decision on Kuldeep but we know Ashwin and Axar can find spin, and bring Jaydev in to cover all bases. The unfortunate decision for us to leave him (Kuldeep) out but it’s an opportunity for Unadkat,”

Rahul said.

India has figured out to pick up 5 wickets by the end of the second session on Day 1 and Unadkat has been the pick of the bowlers.

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