Allow the skipper the pleasure of his choice

Harsha Bhogle reckons that now it is up to Sehwag to respond to the backing of his skipper by displaying his attitude.

"India’s selectors have ... allowed Dravid his instinct and his comfort level. Now it is up to Sehwag to respond by displaying his attitude. He may not always have control over his form but his attitude is his own. And he has been around long enough to know that in cricket, as in all sport and indeed in life, attitude always trounces ability.

Calling the coach at 6.30 and offering a dismissive reply for not turning up is a symptom of a much deeper illness. As I have said many, many times, a lot of our young cricketers need benevolent, but firm, elder brothers who will gently pull them away from the lure of the simple and the dangerous."