Former Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal labelled Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja as the two players India can't complete their Test playing XI with at the home conditions.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) named the playing XI on the eve of the first T20I against Australia at Utilita Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday.
England named their playing XI for the third and final Test of their home series against Sri Lanka, with young seamer Josh Hull set to get his maiden Test cap.
Pakistan Test head coach Jason Gillespie spilt out the beans on the exclusion of the star pace duo of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah from their playing XI of the second Test against Bangladesh.
Right-arm seamer Olly Stone wil replace injured Mark Wood in the playing XI for the England side for the second match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka which is set to be played at Lord's starting from August 29.
Former India star all-rounder Yuvraj Singh named his all-time playing XI, which featured Pakistan's iconic pacer Wasim Akram and ignored his former compatriot and captain MS Dhoni.
England forward Anthony Gordon made a case for himself to start in the Three Lions playing XI in the knockout stages of the Euro 2024 by calling himself a "nightmare" for the opposition.
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels that India should strive to find the right balance in playing XI according to the conditions that would help them clinch victory.
Ahead of India's clash against Afghanistan in the Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup 2024, former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop opened on the Men in Blue choosing between Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel in the playing XI.
Kuldeep made his T20I debut in 2017 and after that, he appeared in 35 20-over matches where he picked up 59 wickets at an economy rate of 6.75. However, the star India spinner failed to make it into the playing eleven in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.