Patel has been keeping well and also chipping in with the bat in recent domestic matches so we decided to pick him.

In Pakistan, it was a stop-gap arrangement. Here we would definitely go with a specialist opener.

There was a long discussion on middle order batting and we thought that this is the best team we can pick for Pakistan.

He has done well in domestic cricket and has experience as well.

He has done very well in domestic cricket and his experience will be crucial in Pakistan.

He was always in the scheme of things and we had only been trying others against Sri Lanka, which is not a very strong Test team.