Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has urged India to play Kuldeep Yadav in the second Test against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. India went in with just one spinner in the first Test - Ravindra Jadeja, and he had a poor outing, taking one wicket across innings. There was considerable help for spinners in the second innings, but India didn't have options as England made easy work of the 371-run target.

"Bowling-wise, I do not want to be hard on any individual, but I think they've got to play Kuldeep Yadav. I think it is an absolute no-brainer. He's a wicket-taker and would have offered a lot more than what the attack did in this Test," said the 2015 World Cup-winning captain on the Beyond 23 podcast.

India opted for Shardul Thakur ahead of Kuldeep to add batting depth, but the move backfired as Thakur didn't contribute. He did pick up two wickets in the second innings, but the game was out of India's reach by then. Clarke slammed India for their obsession with batting deep.

"India have done this for a while. They care so much about extra batting or stacking the batting deep, and they are willing to risk picking their number one spinner to do that. I think to win in England, you've got to look to take 20 wickets," he added.

Clarke further said the bowling unit need to support Jasprit Bumrah and find ways to take wickets. "Bumrah's a star, he's leading that attack. But the other three pacers, yes, at times they bowled well, but they need to find more ways of taking wickets. Their execution probably needs to be better," Clarke noted.

Clarke also highlighted Ravindra Jadeja's underwhelming performance and said he expected more from the star all-rounder. "Jadeja didn't have the impact I thought he might. Particularly in the second innings, I expected him to exploit the rough outside the left-hander's off-stump. I thought he bowled a little too straight."