Kuldeep should have played at Lord's and Manchester: Sourav Ganguly

Kolkata, Jul 31: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday believed India may have missed a trick by not playing Kuldeep Yadav at Lord's and Manchester, as quality spinners come to the fore on the last two days of a Test match.

Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep didn't get a single game in the ongoing five-match Test series against England.

"I wish Kuldeep had played in Manchester, had played at Lord's, and even in Birmingham because without quality spin you would find it hard to get teams out on day four and five of a Test," Ganguly told reporters here.

Ganguly cited as an example the fourth Test in Manchester, where the Indian lower middle-order batters frustrated the English bowlers, playing out 143 overs to force a draw on a fifth-day pitch.