Should India not try its bench against Bangladesh?

I learnt today that India will be persisting with its first 11 in the second test against Bangladesh. The reason being espoused is that a "Test cap"has to be "earned" and "valued" and its not be "shared". Well, I can appreciate the argument if the current holders of the Test cap were all in supreme form and at the top of their game. I would support the argument if the team had had a terrific run during the season and there was an argument against messing with a winning combination. However, this is not the case and the team and most of its incumbents have had a poor run of form this season. Alas, this would mean that the talented reserves - Kaif, Kartik, Shib Paul and Gagandeep Singh - would have to wait their turn or pray that one of the players in the team gets injured.

This in my opinion is not a healthy situation. It breeds complacency and promotes mediocrity. Do you think if Laxman was in the Australian team, he would not have made way for Kaif by now. Similarly, would Zaheer have been persisted with in the second test of this one-sided series. The risk free setting that the second test provided was an ideal opportunity for the team to do some experimentation and check out the talent on the bench. It is indeed amusing to note the number of new players tried out in the home series against Australia - most certainly the toughest test for anyone today. Contrast it with the surprising lack of initiative on the part of the team selectors to try out the bench in this series in Bangladesh. It appears that the old Indian habit of beefing up individual records against weak opposition, is coming to the fore. These players stand exposed against quality opposition, sooner or later.