Rahul is not good for opening slot. Even though he performed really good in last England tour. There is reason he is pushed away from test team after Australia team. He is not able to find balance between attack and defence in test cricket. He is attacking player which is good enough for ODI cricket only. He is unfit for test and T20i. If Easwaran gets chance, then other opener should play a little bit attacking mode, which Rahul lacks completely. Gill is not good for opening for sure as he lacks ball leaving ability. Openers game should be either give good start or tire out bowlers as 3/4/5 can cash in. He failed to do so. Agarwal out of question.
Rohit/Pujara/Kohli should be thrown away from test team. Windies tour is last chance for us to learn and resurrect things in order to do substantial in next test cycle. There is too much cricket going on at the moment and we need better pool of players. We should be looking at captaincy as well. I have few reasons to drop these three.
1. Rohit - Why he is even captain? On the basis of IPL trophies? Even though he hasn't done anything substantial in IPL as a captain, he is just there as mentor to young players. Mentor and captain are two different things. He is not proactive as Rahane or Dhoni as a captain. I still don't think Kohli was good choice as a captain post Dhoni era. It's time to move Gill down and make him captain(G. Smith has been made captain at the same age of Gill and he has been pretty successful). We should not look for temporary options even though I would like to see Rahane or Ashwin as a captain for short term, but their form and fitness is concern(Note: I am selecting Gill even though he lacks leadership skills and even after I am Jinx fan since 2007).
2. Pujara - He hasn't done anything substantial since three four years. Batsman of his status should have scored a lot more runs. But he hasn't performed. So he should be dropped immediately. I was expecting him to touch 12000-13000 runs by now as he is the one format player, but he has failed to do so. Four years is not good for lean patch. Selectors should have been awake by now.
3. Kohli - Just arrogance costed him captaincy and form. He should have left T20 and ODI format long back but he is just arrogant spoiled brat. His interviews are trash and he is exactly opposite of what he mentions even now. No change since years. So many years and no IPL trophy, ICC trophy is question mark on his leadership abilities. Hell he can't play spin well as well. Neither in tests not in ODIs. He can't leave the ball as well in tests. Enough of him. He has nothing to give to Indian cricket. Let him do toothsy ads.