The Indian cricket team has been dethroned from their No.1 position in the ongoing Test series in England by the hosts, the body language and attitude of most of the players has come under intense scrutiny as have the decisions taken by the team think-tank and the role of the support staff. So it wasn’t much of a ‘surprise’ when the recalled from oblivion Rudra Pratap Singh was preferred ahead of Munaf Patel to replace the injured Praveen Kumar in the Indian XI for the ongoing Oval Test, which is his first at this level in three years.

While it many not have been a surprise keeping in theme with the nightmare series India are having, the decision certainly has raised plenty of questions and the as expected the below-par performance of RP Singh hasn’t helped his skipper MS Dhoni either nor has the left-arm bowler done himself any favours. England continued to dominate India and scored freely on the second day of the Oval Test as the hosts went into stumps at 457 for 3 in 123 overs; RP