It is great news that some wisdom appears to have dawned on Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri, who now feels that going to South Africa earlier would have helped our team’s cause (‘Sport’ – “‘We had our moments but missed some too’,” January 23). Anyway past is past. The need of the hour is to tide over India’s ‘starting problem’. Perhaps Shikhar Dhawan must open with K.L. Rahul. Dinesh Karthik too could be tried as an opener. Ashwin can be benched to accommodate Jadeja, who is a better fielder.
N. Mahadevan,
Chennai