Kolkata, July 31 -- Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly opened up on spinner Kuldeep Yadav's omission from the playing eleven throughout the five-match Test series against England away from home, saying that he should have played the previous three matches because without quality spin, it is not easy to take 20 wickets in a Test match.

With Team India using three pacers and two spin bowling all-rounders for The Oval Test, once again, Kuldeep missed out on an opportunity to play a Test match in England. While Kuldeep played one match in England back in 2018 and went wicketless, he has a fine record against England, taking 21 wickets in six matches at an average of 22.28, with best figures of 5/72.

He has not played any Test cricket sinc...