Virat Kohli squad selection for the second Test raised few eyebrows as the skipper dropped inform Bhuvneshwar Kumar and once again Rahane was excluded from the playing eleven. Even opener Shikhar Dhawan was dropped and was replaced by KL Rahul.

With Two significant changes, former India greats questioned Kholi selection. Sunil Gavaskar stated that dropping Bhuvneshwar not the brightest idea while he sympathized for Dhawan, saying his head is always on chopping board.

Apart from Gavaskar, former opener Virender Sehwag stated that Virat Kohli "should drop himself" if he fails in the second Test against South Africa, launching a scathing attack on the India skipper for his team selection.

"Watching Virat Kohli excluding Shikhar Dhawan for just one Test failure, and Bhuvneshwar for no reason at all, Kohli should drop himself in the third Test at Centurion, if he fails to perform in Centurion,"