Croft mentioned Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga as possibilities to take over the role.
So the River Ganges appeared here in Mandakini's form - a tributary of Ganga.
Many of them are carrying bottles or cans full of Ganga-jal - sacred water from the Ganges.
In between, Chris Gayle (47) and Daren Ganga (31) had few problems as the Windies ended on 89-0, chasing 401.
"We have seen Ganga maiya, " he says, as he prepares to board his bus to go back home.
Panesar came on after 20 minutes but there was no turn to the right-hander and Ganga twice confidently cover-drove him for four.
Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were the three main alternatives to Lara, with Sylvester Joseph as an outside bet.
Ganga and Parchment now face the daunting prospect of leading the fightback.
The stand-in skipper came to the crease after Ganga's dismissal, the opener hitting eight boundaries before falling to a run-out for 51.
Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga made half-centuries, but Albie Morkel supplemented his century with figures of 3-48 to keep the Windies in check.
Daren Ganga followed after an hour, edging McLaren behind for 19.
On May 10, 2011, her birthday, they met in Haridwar, a Hindu pilgrimage center on the Ganga river, about an hour's drive from where she studied.
The home side, who need 389 to avoid the follow-on, suffered a triple blow, losing Daren Ganga, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Brian Lara to close on 65-3.
Gayle was unable to open after missing a large period of time in the field with a hamstring injury so wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin deputised alongside Daren Ganga.
Harmison was still out of sorts and began with a mixed bag of decent-length deliveries and poorly directed long-hops, one of which Ganga cut to reach 2, 000 runs in Test cricket.
Lendl Simmons and William Perkins put on 43 in five overs, Daren Ganga hit a rapid 23 and Denesh Ramdin made 39 from as many balls in Trinidad's 150-9.
First Patel had a delivery nip in on Ganga catching him lbw for 16, and then he had Sarwan out for a golden duck with an almost identical dismissal.
His squad included Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga, but they are all likely to be chosen for the first Test against Pakistan in Lahore, which starts on 11 November.
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Ganga has managed to motivate Trinidad and Tobago to three domestic titles in the past two years and was one of the few successes of the recent tour to New Zealand.
There are said to be more than 156 kilometers of double track checker plate steel creating drivable roads in the sand and more than 4, 000 hollow steel floating pontoons supporting 18 temporary bridges spanning the Ganga and Yamuna.
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Ganga danced down the wicket to launch leg-spinner Max Waller straight down the ground for six, but fell in unfortunate fashion to the final ball of the over when a quicker googly fizzed in down the leg-side came off his inner thigh on the stumps.
Zander de Bruyn hit a six and a four off one over from spinner Sherwin Ganga in an enterprising knock of 43 not out, but Bravo collected two wickets in the final over to finish with 4-23, and Somerset's fate is now out of their hands.
Dave Mohammad patted a yorker straight back to bowler Alfonso Thomas but inexplicably set off for a run - with Ganga firmly intent to remain at the other end - allowing Thomas to simply walk with the ball and take off the bails, and Mohammad to keep on running back to the pavilion.
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