England v India 2014: 5 reasons why Stuart Binny deserves his spot

When Bangladesh bowled India out for 105 in the second match of the just concluded 3-match ODI series, even a remote thought of losing the match would not have crossed their minds from that point.But, as we all know by now, Indian all-rounder StuartBinny had other plans for the night. Bangladesh had to suffer a humiliating 47-run defeat as they plummeted to just 58, after being50-3 at one stage. The 29-year-old ended up with 6 wickets for just 4 runs, the best bowling figures ever by an Indian in ODIs.While the Indian selectors are being severely criticised for their move to pick Binny in the Indian Test team to tour England for a 5-match Test series starting next month, citing him as just a mere slogger and an incapable medium pacer, here are 5 reasons why I think he is worth a spot in the team.

#1 Matured and stronger than ever before

When he started his statecareeras a 19-year-old, his selection was more attributed tohis father Roger Binny, former Indian player andone of the five national selectors at present, beingan influential figure in the cricket circuit.

Though he made hisdebut in2003, it was only in 2007 during hisIndian Cricket League stint he came into the limelight.

After the rebel league sunk, following a one yearcooling period,he wasoffered an amnesty from BCCI,which he was wise enough toaccept, therebysaving his career.

The time off from cricketmotivated him to focus on his game and fitness.Mentally, he becamestronger than ever.When he returned to play domestic cricket, his hard work and struggle reaped fruits, proved by the incredible numbers that he has managed to amass in the last 4 years with his state team.

After warming the benches with Team India for about a year now,at 29, he has finally got the big breakand looks preparedmore than ever to succeed at the highest level.