Kuldeep last played a Test against Australia in Sydney in January 2019. He has since been a part of the Test squad but only warmed the benches.
Washington Sundar will get stiff competition from wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav for the third spinner's slot for the 2nd Test against England in Chennai, which starts February 13.
Both, Siraj and Kuldeep are not part of the ongoing first Test between India and England in Chennai.
Kuldeep, a Chinaman bowler, was benched in all four Tests in Australia and has not played a Test for over two years.
Kuldeep feels likes of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler brings a lot of quality in the English team but they haven't played in India in a long time.
Yadav has been warming the bench for more than three months now but Pathan said he is a unique bowler who would do well in the upcoming Test assignment.
Kuldeep Yadav, who was in India's squad for the recently-concluded Australia tour, also revealed that he initially was angry after switching to spin.
India have picked off-spinner Washington Sundar (one Test), left-arm spinner Axar Patel (no Test) and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (six Tests) along with veteran off-spinner Ashwin for the first two Tests.
India bowling coach Bharat Arun too said that Kuldeep would be played in India.
After an impressive five-wicket haul against Australia in Sydney, India head coach Ravi Shastri had said that Kuldeep Yadav wil be the "no.1 overseas spinner." However, he remains largely out of contention for a place in the XI in the upcoming Test series.
Kuldeep, who represents Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, will be in reckoning for the day-night match starting December 17 at the Adelaide Oval.
Gavaskar also feels that if Hardik Pandya could bowl two or three overs in the shortest format, it will India advantage.
In the five games he played this IPL season, he took only one wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav missed his fifth game on the trot for KKR, but Morgan has defended the decision to keep him out against MI.
IPL 2019 was the spinner's worst IPL season when he picked just four wickets in nine games at a poor economy rate of 8.66 for Kolkata Knight Riders.
The former Australian all-rounder says Kuldeep would not have any confidence issues going into the 13th edition of the league.
Kuldeep Yadav is the only Indian bowler to have taken two hat-tricks in ODIs -- against Australia in 2017, and the West Indies in 2019.
Kuldeep made his Test debut against Australia in 2017 in Pune and was introduced to Warne by then India head coach Anil Kumble.
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shared a fun picture with teammates Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav from the 2019 World Cup.
India are currently slated to play three T20Is against Australia in October. Then in December-January, both teams will contest in the four-Test series where India will look to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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