| India has an excellent opportunity to groom players | | | | It is imperative that BCCI doesn't waste the |
| on the Bangladesh tour. Beyond the rhetoric it is very | | | | opportunity to blood new people, irrespective of their |
| certain that it makes sense to rest Tendulkar (and | | | | fear to lose to Bangladesh. And we should now start |
| no fake injury should be required) and Sehwag (who | | | | blooding youngsters for the new Twenty20 format. |
| should be in for a longer period like Ganguly did) | | | | So the suggested XI is: |
| We can give another opportunity to Utthappa and | | | | Robin Utthappa |
| Gambhir and not have to keep phasing out | | | | Gautam Gambhir |
| youngsters in 1-2 matches. No. 3-4 can be Dravid, | | | | Dinesh Mongia (with an eye on Twenty 20) |
| Ganguly, followed by Yuvraj, Dhoni. | | | | Mohammad Kaif |
| The bowling is a little more complicated. With Kumble | | | | Yuvraj Singh |
| retired, spin is Harbhajan or Powar. I feel Harbhajan | | | | Mahender Singh Dhoni |
| also needs t be rested. So the bowling can be Irfan | | | | Irfan Pathan |
| Pathan (why was he out in the first place), Zaheer | | | | Zaheer Khan |
| Khan, and Ajit Agarkar. That makes the ten - Munaf | | | | Ajit Agarkar |
| Patel, with Sreesunth, should keep rotating from | | | | Munaf Patel |
| match to match. | | | | 12th man: Sreesunth |
| A slightly more riskier but useful approach can be to | | | | 13-14-15: Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthick |
| rest Dravid as well as Ganguly this time, and blood in | | | | Would the BCCI have the gumption to go full monty |
| 2 more youngsters - maybe bring back Kaif and | | | | and strut their stuff or would they prefer to hide |
| Mongia (for experience-youth-athletic combine factor) | | | | behind their prized bulls once again? |