What is the plan of TM with respect to SHankar?

[Ankit_sharma03]

Does kohli look like a captain with plan , he just reacts. Take a look at last yr he said - rahane, DK, rayudu, rahul all are right players for no.4 at some time n flipped in no time 

[GautiMaan]

First I thought he is backup to Pandya,then I thought he would replace Rayudu however a good oppurtunity was lost to test him at 4.Can't see what the team was trying to achieve by playing Pant at 4.

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Playing 5 specialist bowlers and not bowling him (and Jadhav) yesterday was a terrible idea. Kohli just can't seem to get his pitch reading right. Also if you want to use both as an additional bowling option in the WC,  why wouldn't you bowl them regularly.

[Gollum]

Why can't Kohli push him to #4? What exactly is the TM trying to achieve here?