Kuldeep Yadav is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for India in every format of the match. He is a left-handed unusual spinner who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He has the record of taking 5 wickets hauls in every format of the match. In his 6 test matches, he has taken 24 wickets and in his 61 ODI, he has taken 105 wickets. He has an average of 24.12 in his test match and 26.4 in his ODI.
He didn’t make it to Player 11 as there was no place for him, with 2 off-spinners it was for the coach, and he was replaced by Shahbaz Nadeem for the test match. They were left with no choice but to take in Shahbaz Nadeem.
Shardul Thakur is a professional cricketer who is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He plays for the Chennai Super Kings Team in the Indian Premier League.
As Shardul is not a great batsman, he was not able to join the squad.
