India, Feb. 7 -- India's Davis Cup captain Rohit Rajpal on Friday said recent match exposure and form influenced the team management's decision to select N Sriram Balaji in place of originally-picked Ritvik Bollipalli for the doubles match in the tie against the Netherlands. Explaining the doubles combination after the draw, Rajpal said the team had ample time to assess players during extended practice sessions. Balaji and Bollialli had played against Switzerland in the previous away tie that Yuki Bhambri had missed.

"We got here early and played a lot of sets. Balaji has been playing back-to-back tournaments and just came off a very good result in Bahrain," Rajpal said. "Ritvik is playing well, but he hasn't competed actively for the la...