Mr.Amin, Yes he scored a couple of fifties but if anyone watched the game they will tell you how he struggled even then. Kaif may score runs occasionally but he is not the batsmen who can score big hundreds (dont count that 148, because most of the runs after the first 90 came off part time bowlers).In tests we need batsmen who can bat in any situations and also should have the capability to score big hundreds. When Jaffer (who has couple of double hundreds) and better technique than Kaif could not succeed in Australia, how could Kaif? Even Yuvraj is not suitable for tests as he struggles against spin (he just cant play spin, period) and is not too comfortable against genuine genuine pace either. I wonder why they sidelined Venugopal Rao totally? He has pretty good technique and has scored a double hundred against the visiting side. He is more suitable for tests but the selectors in 2005 in all their wisdom kept selecting him for ODI instead. He was bound to fail in ODI because his batting was not suitable for ODI and now is totally out of the picture.
