High time the selectors rethought the Indian batting line-up for Tests - with Robin Singh in as a good batsman and fielder, who could chip in with wickets a la Mohinder Amarnath.

It is good to see exclusive web pages and Fan Clubs for Robin Singh on the Internet. He is my favourite Indian Cricketer right now.

Robin Singh's performance in the World Cup 1999 with both ball and bat were good -

• superlative batting against Australia (75 runs, with 15 runs in 1 over from Warne)
• great bowling against Sri Lanka (5 wickets)
• good bowling against Australia (rocked them with 2 wickets, those of Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting, in the same over)
• good bowling against Pakistan (he was the supposed weak link in the Indian Bowling)
• good batting against New Zealand (quick 54 in partnership with Jadeja)
• decent batting against Pakistan (a good six and nice support to Azhar)
• an innings against Zimbabwe that almost brought victory (he would have been called the next Amarnath if he had just kept his wicket)
• great fielding all throughout ( comparable to Azhar, Jadeja)
• good team man (never minds sacrificing his wicket for the team cause)

Overall, he had nice 6s in each super six match - against Aus, Pak and NZ. His trademark, casual-seeming, huge hits over midwicket greatly endeared him to Indian Cricket Audiences and world cricket lovers. He is truly a very explosive hitter, and, after he has settled down for an over or two, all international teams have to be absolutely sure nothing is pitched around his legs or outside the offstump.

Surprisingly, Robin and Jadeja earn the sobriquet of 'bits and pieces players'. Indian Cricket does not think it fit to find players like him in the Test Cricket Team. The Indian Selectors have yet to select a good team - the notable exception, the 1983 World Cup winning team.