India, Nov. 4 -- Kuldeep Yadav is in Bengaluru now and is set to play the second unofficial Test against South Africa A starting on Thursday. Three days back he was in Australia, packing his bags on being released from the squad after featuring only in the third inconsequential ODI and the first two T20Is. It shows India can do without the wrist spinner in the T20I series, just as he was not needed in the first two ODIs. If that is the case, why pick him at all?

Earlier this year, India toured England with a rider that Jasprit Bumrah would be available for only three of the five Tests, to manage his workload. Yet a month ago, Bumrah played the Ahmedabad Test against West Indies three days after featuring in the Asia Cup final in Dubai. H...