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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni faces a hard task of choosing between Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina for the number-five spot in the first Test against England.
It will be quite a choice for Dhoni as Yuvraj or Raina are together left-handers, both violent, both brilliant fielders and both worth a few handy overs of spin.
Raina has been inspiring in the recently-concluded tour of the Caribbean, where he scored 232 runs at 46.40 with three half-centuries on tracks that Rahul Dravid describe as the most difficult among all he has played in the West Indies in the last 15 years.
On the other hand, Yuvraj Singh showed his brightness in the World Cup.
While Raina manage to impress no less than famous batsman Sunil Gavaskar in the way he flinch not to one single short-pitched release from the West Indian pacemen directed at his torso, Yuvraj can flaunt his figures that shows seven half-centuries from the last 11 Tests he played and the success he has enjoy against England with 46-plus average.
Raina can certainly maintain that he deserves as much contact as possible given the wheels of transition have slowly begun to turn in Indian cricket. And there is every reason to keep him battle-hardened and not a discouraged young man when the time comes.
However, Yuvraj, if sidelined now, might not make a comeback and his otherwise glorious career would show just 34 Tests with 1639 runs during a fractured career of 12 years.
Raina can be probable to take on the aggressive off-spin of Graeme Swann like he did to leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo on the first afternoon of Jamaica Test against the West Indies that was a game-changing instant of the three-Test series.
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