If u r resistant to changes, then sooner or later the opposition teams will easily figure u out.. if the selectors have picked a player like gurkeerat mann in their scheme of things, then that's not for the purpose of making him sit in the bench. U have to play him at least once come what may in a five match bilateral series. Had ganguly not pushed in yuvraj singh at number 4 position during the mini world cup against australia, we wouldnt have got such a brilliant player in limited overs cricket. AND dont go in to every match thinking u will have to always bowl 50 overs. Dhoni always enter into the field thinking who will bowl the 48th and 50th over. That thinking should be there at the back of ur mind. In the third one-dayer in which ashwin got injured, he had picked up a wicket in his very first over but dhoni immediately replaced him bcoz he thought that was the right time to get through the overs of non regular bowlers since a wicket has fallen. The result, the pressure was released and SA scored 269 runs batting out the full 50 overs and ended up winning the match by around 20 odd runs. Unless Dhoni get rid of his defensive approach and the lack of faith in the newcomers, the team will never improve. I recently saw an interview of anjinkya rahane and was shocked to hear that he had to warm up the benches for 17 test matches before being given a chance. Remember we were being blanked in the test matches abroad, while all of this were going on!
