India, Sept. 28 -- Ask the spin gurus, and they unanimously agree: India need Kuldeep Yadav. On Sunday, at Thiruvananthapuram's Greenfield International Stadium, the chinaman bowler once again showed why he is rated so highly.

However, it has been tough being Kuldeep Yadav. An excellent practitioner of left-arm wrist spin-one of cricket's most in-demand skills-he still finds it difficult to get consistent playing time at the international level.

On Sunday, he emerged from one of his most difficult seasons, where he struggled to get playing time in all formats, to produce a performance to remember in one-day cricket.

On a pitch where most of the Indian bowlers looked bereft of ideas against the West Indies batters, the wrist spinner cam...