WHY Saurav was not in the team? This is the question that many people were asking from the selectors. A man who led the Indian team to the semi-finals in the last world cup is struggling for his selection in the team in the next world cup. Many people will not believe that around the world, but it has happened in India. A player who has 15000+ runs to his credit at the international level, who has been the one of the most successful captions India has seen. This is right that he was not performing up to the level but He must be treated with more respect.
I F selectors are selecting the team on the basis of performance than from my point of view they must first select the best eleven than select the captain from that eleven .They should specify the minimum average the batsmen should have in the fixed number of matches to be in the team, if someone fails to do that take another batsman from reserve. Same should be done for the bowlers. As in today’s situation fielding is very important as well so they can start a point system. Where equal importance is given to all the three aspects of the game, then the minimum points should be specified. THE player who does have the specified points should not be in the final eleven and the player from the reserve is selected. The points to the reserve player should be given on the basis of their performance at the domestic level.