Geoffrey Boycott has branded Adil Rashid a "spoilt brat" who has no understanding of loyalty and is setting a poor example to young cricketers. The leg-spinner has come in for fierce criticism following his inclusion in the England Test squad for the India series, despite his self-imposed exile from first-class cricket with Yorkshire this year.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, former England and Yorkshire batsman Boycott said: "He should never have been handed a Test recall. In two years England have gone around in a circle. By picking Rashid, they are selecting the unselectable: a player who will not play four-day Championship cricket for Yorkshire because his heart is not in it, but he will play for England in Test matches. Absurd? Yes.