No regrets: Virat Kohli on not playing Kuldeep Yadav in first Test

Kuldeep Yadav wasnt picked in the playing XI for the first Test against England and India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday asserted that he does not regret the decisionShahbaz Nadeem and Rahul Chahar were added to the squad after allrounder Axar Patel was ruled out of the first Test of the fourmatch series against England on FridayNadeem was subsequently picked in the playing XI ahead of Kuldeep and many fans and cricket pundits were fumed at this decisionBut Kohli said that the team wanted to have variety in the spin bowling department which prompted the management to pick Nadeem ahead of Kuldeep for the first Test against EnglandNot really not at all When you playing two offspinners Kuldeep more or less becomes the same kind of spinner taking the ball away So you need variety in the bowling attack said Kohli in the virtual press conferenceWe were quite clear on what we wanted to play what combination we wanted to play And there are no regrets whatsoever on that decision Moving forward we will think of combinations which brings us variety as a bowling attack And not one dimensional turning away from the bat These things are very important to bat he addedAjinkya Rahane played some crucial knocks during the Australia tour but his recent outing with the bat has raised eyebrows about his form The righthanded batsman scored one run in the first innings against England and wasnt able to get off the mark in the second essayKohli came out in support of Rahane and termed him the most important Test batsman for Team India The India skipper also pointed out how Rahane would have gone to score runs if Joe Root wouldnt have held a screamerAjinkya Rahane is I have said this many times in the past as well along with Cheteshwar Pujara he is our most important Test batsman and he is going to continue to be said KohliWe believe in his abilities we have believed in his abilities for a long time now He is an impact player If you talk about the MCG Test he stood up and scored a hundred there when the team wanted it most he further saidHeres its just one Test two innings Today you can put that innings aside but in the first innings he wanted to score a boundary It was a brilliant catch from Joe that got rid of him So if that goes to the boundary and he gets runs we would not have been having this conversation There are absolutely no issues everyone is playing really well Kohli pointed outEngland defeated India by 227 runs in the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday The win over India in the first Test has also propelled England to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standingsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever