Though the duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have kept the Chennai offie out of the Indian limited overs' set up recently, few can raise questions on his credentials as a test player. In sub-continent conditions, he is probably the best bowler there is, and thus would have made it into this team easily.
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An astonishing 292 wickets in 52 matches, with 26 fifers and over 2000 runs with four centuries, Ashwin can hurt the opposition with both the bat and the ball. Though he is not as effective on foreign pitches, it would have been difficult to keep the off-spinner out from this Test XI.
Yasir Shah
Taking his place through the 'wrist spin-quota' would be Pakistan's Yasir Shah. Termed by the legendary Shane Warne as the ‘best leg-spinner in the world’, he recently became the fastest spinner to 150 test wickets.
13 fifers in a brief career of 28 matches are a testament to the 31-year-old's consistency.
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Sankalp Srivastava
Sankalp is a veteran European and international football writer at Sportskeeda. He has a total experience of 8 years, having previously worked for some top companies such as Wisden India and Fox Sports Asia. An engineer by qualification, Sankalp places a very high emphasis on accuracy by leaving no stone unturned in his research, and prides himself on showcasing the human aspect of the sporting world.
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