Former West Indies ’keepers query omission of Ramdin

THREE FORMER West Indies wicketkeepers, Jackie Hendricks, Deryck Murray and Jeff Dujon, have questioned the decision by selectors not to include Denesh Ramdin for the forthcoming Test series against India.

Dujon, who represented West Indies between 1981 and 1991, says Ramdin’s experience will be needed against India despite an unimpressive batting average.

“While I can vaguely understand the explanations by selectors regarding his average, especially when comparing it to other keepers around the world, but in the current context of the West Indies team, his exclusion, at this time, doesn’t make sense,” Dujon told Cricbuzz.

“Considering how experienced an opposition India is, his experience and his value as a good player versus spin are still key.” Ramdin averages 25 from 74 Tests with four hundreds, the last coming two-and-a-half years ago against New Zealand in Hamilton.

The former Windies skipper has struggled with the bat in his last 11 Tests over a 12-month period, averaging just 22 but showed signs of form in his last two innings on the tour of Australia, scoring 59 in Melbourne last December and 62 in Sydney last January.

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