India A team to Caribbean pitches...

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Indian cricket team selectors selected the squad of team India A to tour west indies. It was a much expected tour as it gives opportunity to find young talents to Indian team. Especially in Indian team, we have to find a replacement for Dravid. The last year has been a nightmarish one for Indian cricket with eight consecutive humiliating test loses and this was the selectors’ opportunity to present their vision for the future. With the fact that Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are in the evening of their international careers, this was the chance to see which domestic batsmen have the heart and technique to succeed in alien conditions. India’s lack of bowling options have also been bitterly exposed over the past year and a series of West Indies could have helped to find out talent for the immediate future. But i was really surprised with the 14 member squad selected for the tour!!! R.P.Singh got a place in the squad. that surprised me a lot. He is the same man who made his debut for India in 2005. That’s a whole seven years ago! He got lot of chances after that but proved to be a failure. Is RP Singh really the future of Indian cricket? Other surprise is the inclusion of rohit sharma. He had played lots of Indian cricket is back to the A team. What is selectors looking for by inserting rohit in to A team? Domestic performers like Parwinder Awana and Ankit Bawne have been ignored. They performed well in the ranjhi trophy. Players who played well in IPL and ranjhi like raydu, valthatti, jakathi, lakshmirathan shukla are ignored. I wonder where selectors are looking to find the future talent or some thing else through this tour?