Team India's policy of chopping and changing is often baffling. Yesterday, for the match against Bangladesh here at Edgbaston, India dropped Kedar Jadhav from the XI and brought in Dinesh Karthik. They now had four proper wicketkeepers in the XI with the likes of KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni and Karthik. So much for balance! Earlier, it was categorically stated by chief selector MSK Prasad that Karthik will only play if Dhoni is not fit. However, as it turned out yesterday, Karthik got a look-in despite Dhoni’s presence. That’s for another day to discuss.

Let's discuss the curious case of Jadhav. He did his best at No. 6 with a fighting 52 against Afghanistan to give India the late push to their total. The margin of victory was just 11 runs in that match.