Lal went on to say that, “This would increase the pressure on the middle order, in case the top order fails”. The Indian middle order boasts of several youngsters in the team, who could play an important role in the next World Cup in 2015, which is slated to be played in Australia. Hence, they would be experienced in handling these kinds of situations. But Lal does not agree with this point and stated, “Why bother about 2015, they should think of qualifying for the ongoing ODI tri series finals”.

 As a result of this policy, one of the big guns (Sehwag, Gambhir or Sachin) of Indian cricket is not being fielded in the starting 11. Aakash Chopra, a former Indian cricketer, while speaking to merinews.com said, “The best 11 should be picked when you are not winning." But why cannot all these three players fit into the team. Are they trying to forcibly trying to blood in Rohit Sharma into the team?"

Chopra did not agree that this was the case. He said the policy has not been adopted to ensure Rohit gets a chance, as he has proved his skills in whatever chances he got. Rather he pointed his finger towards Raina and said, “If India wants to play all these openers in the same game, they can bring in Sehwag at no 4 and Raina can be left out”.
 
The right-handed batsman Chopra believes that India should use this kind of rotation policy when they play against countries such as New Zealand, West Indies, and Bangladesh. They should be given an extended run, which would help them in adjusting to the conditions too. “I am happy with the rotation policy, if it is not done just for the sake of rotating the players, which is being witnessed in the ongoing series”, said Chopra. Everyone knows that Tendulkar would be making his way into the team when they play their next match in the series. Is this what we call rotation policy? It is indeed a turn by turn policy, where performance does not matter.

Chopra said, “If India wants to adopt this rotation policy, they must do it with players who are in good knick and have duly earned a break”. Have any of these players earned it with their exceptional display? No, they have not. In the past, it had been witnessed that when countries like Australia used rotation policy, they used to do so according to the form of the players. But it is not the case with the Indian players. Chopra put it aptly, “there should be a method to this madness”.