Ravi Bishnoi gets maiden call-up for Windies series, Kuldeep Yadav makes comeback

Kuldeep Yadav in India’s white-ball scheme of things. The selectors have also decided to try out up and coming right-arm wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for the home series against West Indies beginning from Feb 6 in Ahmedabad. The selectors were at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) where newly-appointed full-time white-ball captain Rohit Sharma was due to take a fitness test. Upon passing the test, Rohit went into the meeting to pick the squad for the T20I and ODI series.

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Rohit Sharma also made a comeback after missing the Test and ODI series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury. "Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami have been rested from the series while KL Rahul will be available from the 2nd ODI onwards. Ravindra Jadeja is undergoing his final stage of recovery post his knee injury and will not be available for the ODIs and T20Is. Axar Patel will be available for the T20Is," stated a BCCI release. Going back to the left-arm wrist spin of Kuldeep is an indication that the selectors are eager to revert to the wrist-spin dominant attack. Kuldeep was falling out of favour before he sustained a serious knee injury just ahead of the second leg of the IPL in UAE last September. Kuldeep has not played a single competitive match since his recovery. He was, however, named the captain of Uttar Pradesh’s Ranji Trophy team. As for Bishnoi, who predominantly bowls googlies, the