But if you're New Zealand cricket you'll try.
The thing is he's just turned 20 and this is only his second time touring in the subcontinent (his first being last year with the NZ A team). What did they actually expect from him? - obviously to perform better then what he did but that tri series was hardly a run scoring fiesta. They picked him, they bit the bullet and now they have to live with it. The selectors were fully aware that New Zealand had three tours back to back to back in the subcontinent, anyone with half a brain would realise that was/it's going to be a challenge for him (and not just him Watling and Stewart too).
When he was selected I hoped he'd go well, but I also hoped our selectors would use a bit of common sense along the way too.