in injury time, but it was substitute Benjamin Woodburn who rescued his country just five minutes after coming off the bench. Rahane and VVS Laxman apparently share some common factors in limited-overs cricket. Regarding the CWG, I said top-4 in case we want to give rest to our best players. Wales, which reached the semifinals of the European Championship last year, travels to Moldova on Tuesday. e winner in the 1-0 Group D World Cup qualifying victory over Austria five minutes after coming off the bench in Cardiff. With just one match remaining, at R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday, Rahane is the only one not to get a game yet. Sreejesh and Manpreet Singh, who have played under the Dutchman over the last few years, were in the 24-member “power-packed” meeting that took the decision. Both went close again, Bale from an overhead bicycle kick and Robson-Kanu with a shot that hit the post. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks. Roelant Oltmans was, surprisingly, sacked as India coach on Saturday.