Team India fast bowler Umesh Yadav has recently admitted that he didn’t have any issue with the management following his omission from the first XI despite strong performances.
Meanwhile, the selectors have come under the scanner recently after claims of communication gap from Murali Vijay and Karun Nair. Umesh Yadav has played 19 Tests in the subcontinent since the 2016-17 season, picking up 41 wickets. It was the most – both wickets and matches – by any Indian pacer during the period, but Umesh played only one of the eight Tests in South Africa and England combined.
“Definitely,” he told ESPNcricinfo when asked if the management kept him informed on why he has not been picked regularly.
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“So that communication is there. Like, in England, I played the first Test. In the second Test, they felt they should play a spinner, but with the rain, all plans were changed. Nobody can do anything about it. Their decision went a little bit wrong. Still, they had told me, ‘It’s not that we are dropping you, Umesh. But our thinking and planning is for an extra spinner, that’s it,” Umesh Yadav added.
Furthermore, the Vidarbha pacer added that he understands the reason behind getting dropped.
“Sometimes the team combination is such that you have to sit out,” he said. “The selectors and our management committee also wouldn’t want me to sit out. They know Umesh is bowling well, so they also feel bad telling me that I have to sit out. But if your team combination doesn’t sit right, then it will be an even bigger problem. I can’t complain. I have also got lots of chances, I’ve played lots of Tests continuously,” Umesh Yadav signed off.
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