The counter argument is Buttler’s got the ability to get a really decent knock. For me that should come second though, the first job is to keep wicket well.
On the pitch, what was going on when the groundsman came with that square metal tool and started smacking the surface? Surely that’ll do more to break it up than repair it? They realised they needed to prepare dry, dusty wickets that break up easily to have the best chance to beat us after we won the first test match.
Incidentally is there a mat over the wicket they’ll use in the second test? I don’t think there is and I don’t think there was in the first test at Chennai.