Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu urged the team management to include spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI for the upcoming second ODI against New Zealand in Wellington. Kuldeep was left out of the side for the series opener in Auckland, with Axar Patel and Naman Dhir as the spin options, as in the recently concluded T20I series.

“I think it depends on the conditions. If New Zealand go on and give such wickets then they can go on and keep playing this attack. Whenever one of the fast bowlers looks a little tired, you can manage his workload by bringing in Mohammed Siraj. After a win in the first game, you would not want to change much. But I would definitely try to get Kuldeep into the mix, because he has been sitting on the bench for a while, and it is not good for him or the Indian side. So just test him out and see,” Rayudu said on Cricbuzz.

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Former India spinner Murali Kartik also said he had stopped trying to predict what the think tank would do, considering their odd decision-making at times as well.

“I have given up guessing about the playing XI now. I would have definitely, with my eyes closed, after the captain, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, I would have put Mohammed Siraj at No.11. But that did not happen. At No.10, I would have put Kuldeep Yadav; that also did not happen. So whatever works, as long as you keep winning, it is fine. It is too early to rotate the bowlers; if you have won, why change?” Murali Kartik said on Cricbuzz.