Why pick him in the first place? Here the issue is that he was not given the chance to play the domestic matches and score the runs which the others did.
Spot on. Those lads who have been discarded after the England tour would have killed for the chance to open the batting on a nothing wicket against an attack of barely first class standard. He is a young lad so plenty of time to work on his game, but right now his limited footwork and chasing the ball way from his body would make him a dream to bowl to with a moving ball
I like how they waited until playing him at home. Plenty of examples where young talents have been thrown into the deep end and failing. At least here he has his confidence sky high and hopefully will be a long term opener for India. Yes its a woeful attack on a road but you still have to score the runs, K L Rahul couldn't.
For the sake of the game, this is so depressing.
Windies are already pretty weak, and missing the following who you'd probably/Possibly consider if fit/not greedy:Gayle, Bravo, Bravo, Narine, Ramdin, Russell, Pollard, Samuels, Holder, Roach, Azzari Joseph, Cummings. And there's probably 1-2 others I've forgotten.
India's 18 year old boy wonder Prithvi Shaw to debut. I don't understand how they go about their selection policies. Mayank Agarwal the other uncapped opener missed out despite reportedly averaging over 60 over the last two years. Vihari also chopped after one match. Kohli also tried avoiding questions about Nair. Be a man and tell everyone you don't like him.Kemar Roach misses the first Test following the death of his grandmother