'Confused selectors, incompetent captain!' - Fans call out the Indian team management as Kuldeep Yadav axed out of the second Test against Bangladesh

Indian team management including coach Rahul Dravid and stand-in skipper KL Rahul is on the receiving end of harsh criticism from Indian cricket fans. Notably, the 28-year-old star spinner Kuldeep Yadav has not been included in the playing XI of the second Test against Bangladesh.

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Interestingly, he scalped a total of eight wickets in the first Test against the hosts with an outstanding five-for in the first innings of the match. But unfortunately, he had to sit out in the second and last of the two-match Test series.

Indian cricket fans couldn’t keep their calm and brutally lashed out at the Indian head coach Rahul Dravid and stand-in skipper KL Rahul. They took to Twitter to burst out at the team management and selectors for ignoring talented players like Kuldeep Yadav.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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Very hard on @imkuldeep18. This will make him tougher. Many more wickets on the way.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 22, 2022

If you want to leave a spinner , Axar could have been left out. But he is blue eyed guy

— Kishor Yadav (@ReallyKishor) December 22, 2022

India bowlers are so pity..Batsman like #klrahul are playing and even captaining Indian team after so many failures. BUT bowlers like #kuldeepyadav dropped out for no reason even after outstanding performance.
Note: He batted well too in first innings

— Siva (@Siva027957701) December 22, 2022

Performance Ke Vaad Team Se Bahar #KuldeepYadav Kmaaal Hai. R Ashwin Ko Bahar Kar Dette 2nd Test Se. KULDEEP Kyu Tell Me The Answer - Capt Kl Rahul & Co. Rahul Dravid ???? @klrahul @BCCI ??@imkuldeep18 God Bless You Deserved 👏👍🏻 #IndiavsBangladesh #TestCricket 🇮🇳🏏🤐

— RajDEEP🇮🇳 (@iamrajdeep82) December 22, 2022

#Kuldeep was batting better than #KLRahul,bowling better than #Ashwin!#Ashwin is more of a batsman than bowler right now!!Was someone suggesting #kuldeepyadav should’ve been picked for t20Worldcup.. would’ve carried drinks like #Chahal. Confused selectors, incompetent captain!

— Shweta Garg Agrawal (@shwets_3009) December 22, 2022

This is the problem with us sir.
One good match and think he will be play for next 10 games.
Please don’t forget he was played in place of pacer only in last match. And now we need that pacer back so it obviously he will lose place.

— Vijay (@datisvijay) December 22, 2022

If that's the case, I would certainly request ICT management to act in same sense with players like KL, Ashwin, Rohit, even Virat, so that they can do much much better in next match as they come back. And better it be a International match and not just IPL.

— Dev✨ (@Demons_Dont_Die) December 22, 2022

Kuldeep yadav took 8 wickets and scored the crucial 40 runs and wins man of the match aword in first test!

And he is dropped from the second test match, #kuldeepyadav 💔

— Ajay Patil 🇮🇳 (@ajaypatil023) December 22, 2022

India bowlers are so pity..Batsman like #klrahul are playing and even captaining Indian team after so many failures. BUT bowlers like #kuldeepyadav dropped out for no reason even after outstanding performance.
Note: He batted well too in first innings

— Siva (@Siva027957701) December 22, 2022

Team India is playing.
Playing with the career of some good talents. #kuldeepyadav - Star Player of 1st Test, Disappeared in the 2nd Test clash!#INDvBAN #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/o8N1I47VcV

— Sandeep Kumar (@sandeep_suga) December 22, 2022

#kuldeepyadav Feel for Kuldeep Yadav. Took 8 wickets and scored the crucial 40 runs with the Man Of The Match award, but sits out in the very next match.

— vasu Yadav (@vasuYad72841775) December 22, 2022

@BCCI what are you doing.. why #kuldeepyadav is not in the 2nd test against #Bangladesh #BANvsIND #INDvBAN
Indian cricket board is at their wrost time.

— Vishal Rana (@thakurvshlrana) December 22, 2022

No doubt, #Dravid and his company will give maximum overs to Jayadev for backing the decision that the exclusion of #kuldeepyadav in team selection...
No wonder, he will have an injury after this test match, count on ...@BCCI @klrahul

— Prigith Joseph (@PrigithJ) December 22, 2022

Cant see any fucking reason besides if the pitch is absolute heaven for fast bowling or theres no other spinner playing, to not have #kuldeepyadav in playing 11 and that too when he had 5 wicket haul in last game #INDvBAN #BANvIND #RahulDravid

— The Godfather (@imsudhir_s) December 22, 2022

I never imagined I will say this but I want India to lose this test match so that useless people like Dravid Ashwin and kl Rahul see their last match #kuldeepyadav I want these people to enter South Indian politics after this as that’s why they are arnd

— VS (@suranavishal4u) December 22, 2022

बीसीसीआई का दामाद KL Rahul कभी बाहर होगा या नहीं?#KuldeepYadav https://t.co/Q32fVcbJ3b

— Prakhar Yadav (@prakhar_y_) December 22, 2022

Why conspiracy with #kuldeepyadav .
"Player of the match", in last test, dropped in 2and test, #disgusting

— Er Devi Prasanna Misra (@misra_devi) December 22, 2022

Notably, Kuldeep appeared in the Test after a long gap of 22 months when he played the last Test match against Bangladesh. The ­­Kanpur spinner has scalped 34 wickets in 14 innings of the eight matches with three five-fors and two four-wicket hauls.

But, keeping Kuldeep away from playing XI is a move of management that is completely out of question for a lot of cricket fans and experts of the game.

Talking about the action of the ongoing second Test between Bangladesh and India, the former won the toss and decided to bat first. The hosts are now batting on the score of 115 runs for the loss of three wickets.

Senior batter Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque are there in the middle with individual scores of 22 and 30 runs respectively after the fall of skipper Shakib Al Hasan's wicket off senior Indian pacer Kuldeep Yadav.

Currently, the visitors are leading the series by a margin of 1-0 with a win in the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhary Stadium in Mirpur.