Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the T20I squad in Australia to return to India and prepare for the upcoming Test series against South Africa .

Kuldeep has now been included in the India A squad for the second four-day game against South Africa A beginning on November 6 at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. India A won the first game on Sunday , with Rishabh Pant scoring 90 in a chase of 275.

The BCCI said in a statement that the request to release Kuldeep had come from the Indian team management. Kuldeep had played only one of the three ODIs and the first two T20Is in Australia. He was left out of the XI for the third T20I in Hobart and Washington Sundar took his spot. India play the fourth and fifth T20Is in Carrara and Brisbane on N

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