Binny was preferred as the seam bowling all-rounder in the last tour
Karn Sharma
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Sharma played in the lone T20I in 2014
The leg-spinner made his debut in the lone T20I and was impressive in his maiden outing going for just 28 runs in his four overs. Sharma featured in a few more series that year but fell out of favour soon.
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In his place, India will bank on the wrist spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal who have been spectacular as a pairing in 2018.
Dhawal Kulkarni
Kulkarni did not play in the lone T20I
The seam bowler made his international debut on that tour and went for 35 runs in his single opportunity that he got in the ODI series. Like Karn and a few others on this list, Kulkarni remained in the scheme of things for a few more months, staying back in Australia as a back-up for Bhuvneshwar Kumar during the World Cup, but has gone out of favour now.
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