India, Aug. 19 -- Kuldeep Yadav could not make the most of the turning Galle surface, managing just one wicket as India beat Sri Lanka in the opening Test. On a pitch where Manav Suthar claimed a 10-wicket match haul and Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets across the two innings, Kuldeep struggled to make an impact. He took one wicket in Sri Lanka's first innings and went wicketless in the second, finishing with figures of 25-0-103-1.

The outing comes at a difficult time for Kuldeep, who has not always received consistent opportunities in Test cricket. With Suthar making a stunning impact on debut and Jadeja continuing to deliver, competition for places in India's spin department is only getting tougher.

However, former India pacer V...