India, Sept. 19 -- Kuldeep Yadav is in the form of his life, winning back-to-back Player of the Match accolades in the 2025 Men's Asia Cup. In the two games against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan, Kuldeep Yadav returned with seven wickets, including a four-wicket haul in India's tournament opener. This performance led to questions once again being raised about the left-arm spinner warming the bench for the entirety of the England tour, where India levelled the five-Test series at 2-2.

Throughout the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, pundits and fans kept asking for Kuldeep to start in the playing XI to give India the best possible chance of taking 20 wickets. However, it was to no avail as the Shubman Gill-led India opted to have b...