instead Jaffer in opening position who has been scoring runs heavily. Even Chopra is a better bet than Jaffer.
Parthiv Patel has been getting runs in opening position scoring 6 consecutive centuries agreegating more than 1500 runs against all the quality opponents like SA -A teams that also on their SA pitches. scoring against Ranji champ in Irani trophy. Parthiv can be tried purely as regular batsman bonus is he is better and improved keeper nowadays than Dhoni.
