With negligible game time behind them, Ashwin said the selectors must aim to crack a middle ground and urge the veteran duo to try and feature in A games or the Vijay Hazare Trophy for their respective state sides to remain in contention in ODIs.
“If you need their services, you have to find a way. For example, the India ‘A’ series happened, so you need to ask them to play that series because there is not much 50-over cricket. They should have said that if you don’t play the series, I don’t think you fit in the plan. If not this series, then they have to play the Vijay Hazare Trophy, because that will let us know the kind of form you are in,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.