PTI
 
New Delhi, Oct 13: Former captain Kapil Dev on Thursday expressed his disapproval of the policy of continuous experimentation with the composition and strategies of the Indian team, saying Indian players performed better when their place in the side was secure.

"Indians are not very comfortable with uncertainty. They need to be sure of their spot in the team to instil confidence in them," the World Cup-winning captain said.

He attributed this factor to the culture and the general upbringing provided in the country.

"We need our base to be strong. We are brought up that way. Even in other walks of life, Indians were not very amenable to change," Kapil said.

"We don't change our bases readily for better jobs and higher salary. We want to stay close to home," he said.

Indians think differently than Americans, Australians and Europeans, Kapil claimed.

India coach Greg Chappell and skipper Rahul Dravid have employed frequent changes to team composition and batting order testing out players in different roles, but Kapil disagreed with the approach.

"The experiments employed have to be consistent with the culture of the concerned players, their mindset and environment to be effective," he stressed.

Kapil said that most such experiments were done in a different scenario and were not applicable to Indians.

"Almost 99 per cent of experiments are done on whites but they are applied indiscriminately on us," the cricketing legend said.

"If one tells me that pasta is good for me, I may not agree," he added.