Axeing India's seniors not the solution

Aakash Chopra, in his column for Cricketnext.com writes that getting rid of India's senior players in one go will not improve India's Test record in the immediate future. He says India missed a trick by not grooming the next generation in the home series against West Indies.

We should have taken the seniors into confidence and asked them to play only two of the three Test matches, therefore allowing a couple of youngsters a longer run in the five-day format. Even though we missed the trick earlier, we can exercise the same option next time we play Test cricket. Seniors aren't liabilities but are the much needed cushions for youngsters. It's imperative to have a few experienced men around who can soak in the pressure and give youngsters the allowance to fail.

In the same website, Jamie Alter writes that Virat Kohli has put all insecurities to one side and set about proving that he's more than just a limited-overs wonder.

This 116 wasn't quite in the class of the knocks that the Australians have reeled off this series, but it was a performance of great resolve and substance, the like of which India have failed to produce on tour. As a unit they have mislaid the art of the meaningful innings, the ability to bat out sessions and turn starts into centuries.

In Livemint, Ayaz Memon writes that Gautam Gambhir's comment that India should wear opposition teams down on turning pitches is worrying because it could not be just his opinion, but that of the cricketing establishment.

The timing and tone of Gambhir’s diatribe was unexpected, and perhaps more pertinently, unhelpful. If pique and surliness could win matches, India would have been clear winners instead of being three Tests down and facing a second successive whitewash overseas. If anything, this could only rile the Australians into being even more determined to win at Adelaide.

In the same paper, one of India's younger brigade, Manoj Tiwary, says he's been preparing for the conditions in Australia by practicing with wet tennis balls bowled from a shorter distance.

I am sure the dressing room atmosphere is good. I have spoken to some of my teammates there and the morale is high despite the loss. I don’t believe the other players will think about the defeat either.