No solution yet for India's rejigged top order

Writing for Open Magazine, Chetan Narula highlights the perils of an unsettled batting line-up, whether on the field or in training sessions. Narula cites the management's indecisiveness of Cheteshwar Pujara's batting position as an example.

The approach of this new Kohli-Shastri combination is interesting. They want to dominate the opposing team from the get-go. To succeed at No 3, there is some degree of defence needed to counter difficult circumstances, such as those in the second innings at Galle. A temperamental batsman might not be the best option, and the managers realised their error ahead of the second Test. Maybe, just maybe, they had chosen the wrong man all along. What happens if Rohit's inconsistent Test record catches up with him at No 5 as well? How will they explain the re-arrangement of this middle order then?