What is irfan pathan doing ? Only allrounders can keep India at no 1 position in all formats of the game. And I really feel nonveg fast ballers are very badly required . See the difference between Zahir and Ishant.
Groom youngsters like Virat Kohli or Tanmay srivastava or Chateswar Pujara or Manish Pandey. Bardinath is just on the verge of hanging his shoes soon. He is 29 already. At maximum he can play ( as the Indian audience think 33 is the big age and 35 is out dated ) 4 yrs of cricket, provided he flourishes in the coming two series.
When we know Laxman was not OK , still selectors fancied their chances and last moment pitched in Rohit and he bombed though. We need to accept the fact that SA is good bowling side and the challenge thrown was really good one. We are on verge of conceding this match to their bowlers.
I personally feel , if Dhoni can do wicket keeping , he would have chosen Sudeep Tyagi as the bowler in place of Saha.
Lets get the things straight for second test.
We need youngsters now. My vote is Kohli and Manish Pandey.
