Overview
- Kuldeep Yadav has formally asked for time off for a wedding planned in the last week of November.
- Approval is pending as the team management weighs when his services will be required.
- If granted, his leave would likely rule him out of the second Test scheduled for November 22 in Guwahati.
- The three-match ODI series from November 30 to December 6 is also at risk for his availability under the reported plan.
- He began the series in the Kolkata Test and enters it with notable recent red-ball form, including 12 wickets in two Tests against the West Indies.