Mohammed Kaif - An unlucky batsman.

Cricket is a funny game but what I have realised of late is Cricket selectors are even more funnier when they are making team selections. The selection at the second test at Mohali confirmed that. Laxman was dropped and so was Kaif for reasons called Yuvraj. Well the decision might not have been easier for Indian selectors.

What made Indian selectors drop Laxman. It's pretty obvious, he hasn't performed well in the first test and ofcourse age is not also on his side going by the Ganguly's example. He is not among the top 10 Indian fielders in the field. If you go by this assumptions Kaif is completely opposite to what laxman is. He is swift, agile and probably one of the best fielders in the Indian team. Had he not recently dropped some catches he might have been probably called the best. But then he scored runs when India wanted the most. That should have really counted for him.

Well the problem with the current Indian team once Kaif and Laxman departs is their is nobody besides Dravid who has the temprament to stay at the crease for long. Yuvraj, Dhoni and Pathan can all score at the brisk rate but then it's test match not One day. If India needs to play a couple of sessions they will definitely require somebody other than Dravid to carry the load. I would have personally preferred Kaif. Problem only in this case is you can't drop Dhoni being a Wicket keeper, Pathan being a bowler and Yuvraj being the Man of the Series against Pakistan. Well that doesn't leave any options does it when you want to have five specialist bowlers.

Well I hope India doesn't fall into such situations but they are inevitable in Test matches when you are only playing against the time. Kaif will probably need to wait for one of those situations before he will recalled in the test team.