Young and fresh faces were expected to travel to the Caribbean but given the fact that a star-studded line-up featuring Virat Kohli, Rohit and others. Ex-India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that against a struggling team as West Indies, the time was ideal for Team India to try out some of the next crop of players.
Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day –
“West Indies are no more the force they were in the last century as can be seen by the fact that they are currently playing in Zimbabwe to try and qualify for the ODI World Cup that they won twice in the 70s. So picking some younger players for the Test series would have made more sense.”
Gavaskar further wrote – “What is Indian cricket going to learn by picking the same seniors for the two Test matches who have now failed to deliver in two World Test Championship finals. How does it even matter if they score heaps of runs and take a bunch of wickets in the Caribbean apart from it bulking up their individual career stats.”
Gavaskar mentioned –
“More importantly, the seniors who are certainties for the World Cup in October could have done with a bit of rest after the busy season they have had over the last six months. With the World Cup in mind, they should focus only on white-ball cricket and prepare for what promises to be an exciting World Cup.”
