Bravo playing for the wrong Indians

It is baffling that Dwayne Bravo is fit enough for IPL matches but not for the Tests in England

	Should Dwayne Bravo be playing in the IPL?

Dwayne Bravo is a curious case.

To the medically ignorant, or just plain cynical, the reason given by the West Indies Cricket Board for the omission of so vital a player from the team for the two forthcoming Tests in England is illogical. It simply doesn't ring true.

"The WICB's medical panel has advised that Dwayne Bravo is unavailable for the Test series as he is still recovering after ankle surgery," was the terse postscript to the announcement of the squad of 17.

But had Bravo not returned to the West Indies team on March 15, six months after his operation, to play in the Twenty20 and all five ODIs in the home series against England?

Certainly there was not the slightest indication on the field that he was "still recovering". He bowled his 38.3 overs and celebrated his nine wickets as energetically as ever ('you have to run and try and catch him when he gets a wicket', Chris Gayle noted), stroked ten fours and two sixes in his five innings and cavorted around the field like soca singer Machel Montano on stage, not someone worrying about whether his ankle could cope with all his energy.