India, Aug. 3 -- Pakistan left out Mohammad Abbas for the second and last Test against the West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval on Sunday. The call surprised all and sundry in light of Abbas' performance in the first Test, in which he took a five-for in the second innings. In fact, for the past several months, he has been the most efficient among all Pakistani pacers. So dropping an in-form player shocked everyone.

At the toss which the Caribbean team won, Pakistan captain Babar Azam said Abbas was dropped because of the conditions at the Port-of-Spain Stadium. Not because of any injury, but because of the conditions! Pakistan made four changes to their XI from the first Test. They handed debuts to Ubaid Shah, fast bowler Naseem Shah's b...