India vs South Africa: Why Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav all cannot be in the same eleven

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As indomitable as India would look with this combination, it weakens their batting, and hence used sparingly

Returning to the T20I squad after opting out of the Dharamsala game due to personal reasons, Jasprit Bumrah was gearing up to mark his run-up at one end of the Ekana Stadium surface when pacer Arshdeep Singh joined to plot his areas.

To their left, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy were sending down deliveries on the practice pitch, raising the prospect of a rare but intriguing association in the India blues. In the end, India were barred from handing South Africa the ultimate test, 2-1 up in the series. With excessive fog holding the reins in Lucknow on Wednesday, the unveiling of Bumrah, Arshdeep, Kuldeep, and Chakaravarthy for the first time in the same India playing XI was put to rest.