The batting order is harder to predict, with only the experienced Watts assured of a place among the openers.
Drummond praised bowler Hamid Hassan, who ripped through the Scots batting order with impressive figures of 8 for 84.
Sarah Taylor's return will strengthen the top of the batting order, while she should also reclaim the wicketkeeping gloves from Tamsin Beaumont.
But now, the promotion of Pathan, Dhoni and Yadav in the batting order has been part of a planned strategy.
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They handed seam bowler Mark Gillespie his debut and batsman Lou Vincent returned to lend some experience to the batting order.
The batting order was changed in the previous match with Owais Shah returning to six, and Pietersen moving up from number four.
Thereafter, the remaining Middlesex batting order offered a display of poor shot selection, with the last six all dismissed in single figures.
This was helped by what is undoubtedly the talking point of the game - the controversial and mystifying change to India's batting order.
One of Bangladesh's key problems, conversely, along with its perennially flaky batting order, has been its failure to develop a crop of consistent seamers.
Girardi employed an unusual strategy Wednesday, inserting pitcher David Phelps into the No. 8 spot in the batting order and moving catcher Austin Romine to ninth.
Boycott has concerns over the England captaincy, the batting order and what he sees as an inability to get the maximum out of the players available.
Johnson made light work of the Black Caps batting order after Simon Katich had scored an unbeaten century on Saturday to put the hosts in control.
The hosts wasted no time in ripping through the tourists' batting order as their bowling attack proved too strong with Bangladesh reduced to 33-3 by tea.
England's revised batting order, led by Ravi Bopara, batted more positively at the start, but was let down by the soft dismissals of Pietersen and Paul Collingwood.
Exhibit A here is the top five of its batting order, none of whom managed a single century in the Tests or a single half-century in the ODIs.
Mascarenhas' promotion appeared to disrupt England's already fragile batting order.
It can take several days for a loan to progress through the batting order into the on-deck circle and ultimately step up to the plate for underwriting review.
While New York still is missing shortstop Derek Jeter, regular third baseman Alex Rodriguez, left fielder Curtis Granderson and catcher Francisco Cervelli, the batting order had a different feel.
Girardi employed a different type of strategy on Wednesday, inserting pitcher David Phelps into the No. 8 spot in the batting order and moving catcher Austin Romine to ninth.
Second in the batting order is the Green MP Caroline Lucas, whose Landlord Accreditation Bill would require local authorities to operate landlord accreditation schemes guaranteeing minimum standards for tenants.
The batting order remained the same but Ian Bell and Matt Prior seemed to panic, Prior trying to give himself room and edging for nought in the second over.
The Indian batting order goes down all the way, to the fantastic left-handed talents of Yuvraj Singh and the dashing Mahendra Dhoni, who is a bit of a maniac sometimes.
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That left players lower in the batting order to handle the new wave of Net startups--and who missed chances to make early bets on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Groupon.
He looks far too anxious for a man who must play the pivotal role in the batting order, he is a poor fielder and, at 30, is unlikely to kick on.
Prior, who is set to open the innings with captain Andrew Strauss, has scored 1, 066 ODI runs in 50 ODI innings, having been tried at a variety of positions in the batting order.
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Pietersen's impressive man-management skills have extended to the batting order, with Owais Shah given confidence to bat in his favoured number three behind an opening pair of Ian Bell and recalled wicketkeeper Matt Prior.
Over in Westminster Hall (from 9.30am) there are a series of debates led by backbenchers - and the first one on the batting order, led by the Conservative Simon Hart, has caught my eye.
New York Yankees management thought it would be a good idea to identify players by where they hit in the batting order, hence No. 3 was issued to Babe Ruth, No. 4 to Lou Gehrig.
Promoting players up the batting order has paid rich dividends so far - and the critical position has been at number three, where Pathan, Yadav and Dhoni have all been given a chance to impress thus far.
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But the Indian batting order, which usually rests on the shoulders of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, has taken on a new dimension in the form of Mahendra Dhoni, Irfan Pathan and Jai Prakash Yadav.
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