After completing the historic win in Johannesburg a week ago, the selection for the 2nd Test has been focussed on the opening combination and Munaf Patel's fitness. Wasim Jaffer has not had a memorable tour so far and after his failure in the game against the KwaZulu-Natal Invitation XI, his place in the final XI has come under serious scrutiny. At the same time, Gambhir had an impressive outing and made a strong case for his inclusion ahead of Jaffer. However, as the last bits of information come to the media, Gambhir has been left out of the final 12. Munaf Patel's inclusion is still uncertain while Jaffer will certainly open the innings with Sehwag. And after reading the views of Dravid and Chappell, it seems to make sense that the team management has taken that step since Jaffer has failed in only one test after a very good tour of the West Indies. The only concern has been that Jaffer has not spent enough time in the middle and a couple of his dismissals have been a bit soft. Therefore, to make a fair judgement of whether he can strike form soon, the team management should (and probably would) have looked closely at his frame of mind in the net sessions. A failure in the 2 innings at Durban would probably see him out of the 3rd Test. However, if he and Sehwag can provide a soild start or two then that gives the middle order some breathing space to build upon. Often such small successes can lead to a chain reaction of successful events and then who knows what kind of history lurks around the corner?