Stand-in skipper KL Rahul on Sunday admitted that India missed the services of left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the second innings but said he has "no regret" about leaving him out of the final Test against Bangladesh.
Fresh from his match-winning show in India's 188-run win in the Chattogram Test, Kuldeep was benched for an extra seamer in Jaydev Unadkat, a decision which was slammed by the likes of Sunil Gavaskar. "I don't regret the decision.
It was the right decision. If you look at the wickets, our fast bowlers too have taken many wickets and they had a lot of assistance.
There was a lot of inconsistent bounce," Rahul said defending his decision at the post-match media interaction. Struggling at 74 for 7 while chasing a tricky 145 on a difficult fourth-day track, India survived a scare as Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer pulled off an incredible three-wicket chase with an unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 71 runs. "We took the decision keeping in mind our experience of playing here in the ODIs.