Kuldeep Yadav was awarded a recall in the ODI team for the three-match series against the West Indies without any spectacular performances during his time away from the Indian team. The wrist spinner claimed just two wickets in the two ODIs he got to play in Sri Lanka when most of the senior India players were touring England for a Test series last July.

Kuldeep is likely to bowl in tandem with his spin partner-in-crime Yuzvendra Chahal when the first ODI gets underway at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on February 6. ‘KulCha’, as they are called, will only get the ODI series to impress as Kuldeep is not part of the T20I series. Former India leggie Narendra Hirwani, who has been mentoring and working with Kuldeep, asked the spinner to bowl at his original speed of around 75 kmph. Hirwani, who took a record 16 wickets on his Test debut (v West Indies at Chennai in 1988), was surprised that Kuldeep was advised by someone to increase his pace.