I don’t think anyone was critical of him being in the team as a batsman.
I’m not convinced he’s done anything to suggest he’s a better ‘keeper than Foakes.
I guess the difficulty would be getting both in the team - maybe having Root as our spinner would allow for that?
Leading to a team (if all fit of) along the lines of:
Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow, Foakes, Woakes, Wood, Broad
In the subcontinent you’d need a specialist spinner ( probably in place of Woakes?)