Given India’s thumping 90-run win over England without the likes of star batsman Virender Sehwag, senior bowler Zaheer Khan and off-spinner R Ashwin in the ongoing World T20, the team’s think-tank is faced with a big question of whether or not they should persist with an inconsistent Sehwag.

Team India seemed to have got their balance right for the first time in the tournament when they deployed the five-bowler strategy (something skipper MS Dhoni has repeatedly stressed upon) against England on Sunday. Dhoni can only play a fifth bowler if he chooses to drop a batsman. And going by form alone, Sehwag is the weak link. The Nawab of Najafgarh has scored just 48 runs in three matches (two warm-ups and the opening encounter against Afghanistan) so far in the campaign.