Overview
- Kuldeep Yadav has formally asked the BCCI for leave in the last week of November to get married, according to multiple reports citing board sources.
- The board and team management will approve specific days off only after assessing when India may require the spinner.
- If leave is granted as requested, he could miss the second Test in Guwahati on November 22 and potentially the ODI series starting November 30.
- He is currently playing the Kolkata opener, with India fielding four spinners including Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel.
- No final decision on his availability has been announced, after earlier wedding plans were postponed when the IPL season ran late and despite his strong recent Test form highlighted by 12 wickets against the West Indies.