Cannot see where the Lions are this winter, but often if the first team are playing a five match series, the Lions are in the same country.
Still think it is correct for the young spinners to get game time on the Lions tour.
Send the youngsters on the Lions Tour, where they get game time and if it goes wrong, less of a problem.
The reality is, for the first test Rashid and Ali will play, with Root bowling some of the overs.
Why is it a waste?
He has been the best spinner in the County Championship this season. After these seven tests on the sub continent, we not due down there for a while.
If he is rubbish and hit out the ground, he is never going to be picked again. But if they take a promising youngster and he...