India, Nov. 2 -- The Indian team management on Sunday requested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) release leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav from the T20I squad currently touring Australia. Kuldeep was part of the opening two games in the five-match series, but was dropped from the playing XI for the third T20I on Sunday in Hobart.

Kuldeep had travelled with the Indian team for the entire white-ball tour of Australia, which included the three-match ODI series last month. However, despite his credentials in the 50-over format, management could only fit him into the playing XI for the final game in Sydney, where Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli played their last international game on Australian soil. He picked up just one wicket in ...