Birmingham: It was a day of mixed feelings for coach Tarak Sinha. While on one hand, one of his most famous wards, Shikhar Dhawan had been ruled out of the World Cup, having not recovered well from his thumb injury, on the other, another promising student, Rishabh Pant had been picked as his replacement.

There was a big hue and cry when wicketkeeper-batsman Pant was not initially picked in India's 15-member World Cup squad after the national selectors preferred the experienced Dinesh Karthik instead.