India brutally thrashed West Indies by an innings and 141 runs within the first Test of the two-match collection on Saturday. It was a very dominant efficiency from the guests as debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs and star all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin took 12 wickets. In the whole match, the spinners had the higher hand because the pitch at Windsor Park in Roseau was spin-friendly. India spinners Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took a complete of 17 wickets whereas West Indies spinners scalped three out of the 5 wickets of India.

Former India spinner Anil Kumble praised Team India on such an enormous win and acknowledged that the staff ought to take into account enjoying leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav in such situations.

“He should definitely be there because he is a very good bowler. Leg-spinners are very attacking bowlers and it is also difficult at times, they concede runs as well but you need to take a leg-spinner along with you and groom him, and whenever you get a chance, he should be given an opportunity,” mentioned Kumble on JioCinema.

“Kuldeep Yadav is a very good spinner for Test matches. He has given very good performances whenever he has got a chance as well. There are a lot of wrist spinners in white-ball formats. We are not getting to see them much in Test matches,” he added.

Kumble additional praised the spin-duo of Ashwin and Jadeja and in addition talked about the contributions of all-rounder Axar Patel. He once more emphasised on together with the 28-year-old Kuldeep within the longest format.

“Ashwin and Jadeja are doing a very good job for the Indian team currently. Both are high-quality spin bowlers. The third spinner is also Axar Patel, he has done extremely well whenever he has got an opportunity. As I said, Kuldeep Yadav should also be kept alongside them and played whenever you get a chance,” mentioned Kumble.

Kuldeep has not been named within the Test squad towards West Indies. He final performed within the longest format towards Bangladesh in December 2022. However, he has been named within the ODI squad towards West Indies.

The second Test match between India and West Indies will start from July 20 on the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.