I already see some idiots (read Kiran More) saying that they would not like to see wholesale changes as it will bring panic in the dressing room. If these guys eat their food with salt in it, they would realise that the 8-0 defeats and now this one should BE THE ONE that should bring panic in the dressing room, NOT THE WHOLESALE CHANGES.
If this is not the time to make wholesale changes, DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE IS. Start with the captain. He has been consistently pathetic that I am feeling that a new young captain probably might not be as bad on his worst ever day. Give it to Kohli NOW. Probably, Kohli will relish the responsibility and find back his temporary loss of form. If you want, continue with Dhoni as just the keeper in test cricket until he retires (he did say once recently that he won't last tests for long; so he himself will make that choice if captaincy is taken off him). And sack Yuvraj. He continues to fail in test cricket. And sit with Tendulkar and decide the future course. If you want him to take the team through the transition for one more year, convey the time frame to him and to the public. Pujara is very fine. Persist with him for long. Probably give him vice captaincy responsibility. Giving Kohli and Pujara captaincy and vice captaincy like what we did with Ganguly and Dravid in 2000 might actually be a good idea. And find a new opening pair. As much as Sehwag and Gambhir have scored some runs this series, they are supposed to plunder runs in home conditions and yet they are finding it in just handfuls, not bucketfuls. And we all know how they fare overseas....
If this is not the time to make wholesale changes, DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE IS. Start with the captain. He has been consistently pathetic that I am feeling that a new young captain probably might not be as bad on his worst ever day. Give it to Kohli NOW. Probably, Kohli will relish the responsibility and find back his temporary loss of form. If you want, continue with Dhoni as just the keeper in test cricket until he retires (he did say once recently that he won't last tests for long; so he himself will make that choice if captaincy is taken off him). And sack Yuvraj. He continues to fail in test cricket. And sit with Tendulkar and decide the future course. If you want him to take the team through the transition for one more year, convey the time frame to him and to the public. Pujara is very fine. Persist with him for long. Probably give him vice captaincy responsibility. Giving Kohli and Pujara captaincy and vice captaincy like what we did with Ganguly and Dravid in 2000 might actually be a good idea. And find a new opening pair. As much as Sehwag and Gambhir have scored some runs this series, they are supposed to plunder runs in home conditions and yet they are finding it in just handfuls, not bucketfuls. And we all know how they fare overseas....
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