India, Nov. 7 -- India's methods of chopping and changing with their T20I XI in recent months has not sat well with many fans and pundits, as the need for experimentation and creating suboptimal lineups to do so hasn't pleased those involved with Indian cricket. Prime amongst these seems to be the inclusion of Shubman Gill at the top of the batting order, a player clearly seen as the leadership future of the team, but only a part of it at the expense of one of the more talented players in it.

Sanju Samson has sat out of India's previous two T20 matches in the Australia series, with his form not quite clicking lower down the order. In his stead, Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir have opted for Jitesh Sharma, a wicketkeeper-batter much b...