5 areas India must work on after the Australia series

#1 Is fitness the only criteria for selection?

After MSK Prasad taking over as the chief of selectors, the selection trend has been to put a lot of emphasis on fitness standards, more so for the ODI team.

It is a good sign that fitness levels of players is being scrutinized to the last level.

However, one can argue that is that fitness is not the only parameter to select players for the ODI team.

It becomes an even bigger problem, considering some big names seem to have been overlooked solely on the basis of the same. Their performances of late haven’t warranted their omission from the ODI squad.

The quality of the players and their recent performances should also be considered along with his fitness standards while evaluating him for national selection. If the national selectors wish to build a team of specialists, that should be conveyed to the media and the regular Indian cricket fan, so as to put an end to any speculation about the same.