Tackling injury issues not new thing: Srikkanth

BCCI's selection committee chief, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, on Friday said that despite battling injury issues for the past one and a half years, they have been able to find replacements who have done well to ensure India's dominance in world cricket.

"Injury issues have been there for the last one and half years but don't forget we have been able to find good replacements (for those injured) and India have been doing very well," Srikkanth told reporters after the selection committee meeting to pick the Test squad for the West Indies tour next month.

Sachin Tendulkar had requested to allow him to skip the full tour to spend time with his family and Srikkanth defended the champions batsman on his decision.

"Tendulkar deserved to take rest and then Yuvraj Singh was not well with some illness, so we have picked the best available squad."