Sourav Ganguly advises Virat Kohli to bring back these two players to India's squad

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has advised Virat Kohli to bring back Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal to India’s squad. Both the players did not feature in the T20Is against West Indies and South Africa as the team management was looking to augment the depth in batting line up.

Anticipating that their exclusion is non-permanent, Ganguly stated that Kuldeep and Chahal will have important role to play in the ICC T20I World Cup next year.

"This is a good team but Virat needs to bring back the wrist spinners into this format," Ganguly wrote in his column for TOI. "I hope Yuzvendra Chahal has only been rested to give opportunity to others, or else he is a must for India in the T20 format.

"India doesn't need two left-arm spinners (Ravindra Jadeja and Krunal Pandya). The Test series will start soon, and hopefully, India will play on good pitches and not on rank turners, as it has been in the last series because India is very good team on any surface," he wrote.

The men in blue whitewashed the West Indies 3-0 in the T20I series last month, but against South Africa the series was tie 1-1.

"The T20 World Cup is in Australia next year and opinions and judgments will be passed. The key person amidst all this will be Virat Kohli, and it will be important for him to stay calm for a long period of time," Ganguly said.

Previously, on the exclusion of Kuldeep and Chahal, Indian skipper Virat Kohli had stated, "The increased depth in batting was one of the reasons why Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were excluded. Also, we wanted to give opportunities to the guys who have done well over the last couple of years in domestic cricket and in IPL. It is about finding the best balance in the combination and not just sticking to only one combination."