India, Feb. 23 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is stunned that Rinku Singh came into bat at No.8 against South Africa in their Super 8 T20 World Cup encounter at Ahmedabad on Sunday night. It was India's worst defeat by runs in the history of the T20 World Cup. They fell 76 runs short of South Africa's 187/7.

If truth be told, Rinku is a proper batsman. But Gambhir Gambhir and company has shown unwillingness to treat him as per his credentials right from day one. Against the Proteas, allrounders Shivam Dube and even Washington Sundar were sent into bat ahead of him. Having early lost early wickets inside the Powerplay, India desperately needed a specialist batsman out there in the middle who could rebuild the innings, not all...