If England can move on from Joe Root in T20Is, I see no reason why India can't do the same with Pandey. Look, everyone gets it, he did well in the last series against New Zealand and he has a nice looking average (although aided by not outs) but come on, it's not rocket science. He's not a T20 batsman. No one's calling for his head in ODIs but there's no way he should be playing ahead of a dynamic batsman like SKY in T20 cricket. What's the use of IPL if incumbents can keep having half-decent IPL seasons and retain their places at the cost of deserving players who have been knocking on the door?
Sometimes ruthlessnes is needed. Dawid Malan, the number one ranked T20 batsman in the world, is unsure of his place in the World Cup because he knows he's flawed and the selectors are keenly looking at him. But in India it's enough if you have a couple of good scores behind your name, you can ride on it as long as you want till you have a reputation.
There's a fuck ton of accumulators already in the side, Pandey and Iyer are two more. Do India really want a 2016 WC semis like scenario where a Rahane-like innings (read: Accumulator) ended up costing the side because they "thought" 180 was a good score?
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