Ajinkya Rahane or Manish Pandey, who will get ticket for World T20

The clean sweep in the T20 series against Australia has lessened their dilemmas but selectors will debate whether new find Manish Pandey is better-suited than Ajinkya Rahane for the number seven spot when they name the Indian squads for the World T20 and the Asia Cup in Mumbai on Friday.

While most of the players select themselves after the triumphant show Down Under, there is only one selection puzzle -- that of the seventh specialist batsman. India's No 1 batsman Virat Kohli has been rested against Sri Lanka with inform Manish Pandey getting a look-in for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka. But when Kohli rejoins the squad for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, at least one among the 15 selected for Lanka series will get the axe from the big-ticket event that is to follow in March-April.

It will be unfair to drop Pandey without even having a look at him during the Lanka series that starts February 9 in Pune. With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni being automatic choices, the spotlight will certainly be on Rahane. has been questioned by none other Dhoni.