Ex-India batter Navjot Singh Sidhu, in an apparent dig at India all-rounder Shardul Thakur, said, "Bits-and-pieces cricketers, I don't think will ever win you games abroad." "Even if Shardul makes a fifty, at that number eight position, bits-and-pieces cricketers do well in one-day cricket but in Tests, you...need specialists," he added. Thakur replaced Nitish Reddy in fourth Test against England.