Asia Cup: ‘It will be India’s game against Pakistan if…’, says Sanjay Manjrekar | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has shared his perspective, asserting that the fortunes of the Men in Blue of their match in opposition to Pakistan will vastly rely on the efficiency of their top-order batters – Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli. Manjrekar believes that if this trio can present India with a stable and unbroken opening, it may tilt the match in India’s favor.
The much-anticipated conflict between India and Pakistan within the Asia Cupis set to kick off in Kandy on September 2.In latest discussions with Star Sports, Sanjay Manjrekar, a distinguished cricket analyst, and former Indian cricketerSanjay Bangar engaged in an in depth evaluation of India’s batting methods and the adaptability of its gamers.
The consultants highlighted the pivotal nature of India’s top-order power and emphasised the crucial position of preserving wickets early on to pave the best way for a triumphant end result.
Manjrekar notably careworn the significance of carrying over the abilities from Test cricket to the beginning of a 50-over match. He additionally praised the defensive capabilities exhibited by India’s prime three batterls – Kohli, Rohit and Gill. These gamers’ means to anchor the innings and keep away from early dismissals holds the important thing to India’s success within the upcoming encounter.
Manjrekar spoke on the power of the highest order of India and the way vital it’s for them to not lose early wickets to see the match out, he stated “See, fortunately for India, number one, two, and three, when Virat bats at number three, they are three very good Test batters. And you might talk about 50 overs being a one-day match and white-ball cricket and all that, but the start of a 50 overs game is not like a T20 match. I think there are some serious Test cricket skills needed, and then Rohit Sharma got these five hundreds in the last World Cup. I remember him respecting the bowling in the first 10 overs. And these three guys – Gill, Rohit, and Virat – who have excellent credentials as defensive Test batters, that is the game they will have to bring. If they do not lose early wickets, then it is just their game.”

Meanwhile, Bangar make clear KL Rahul’s adaptable nature and the way the crew administration is exploring numerous batting combos of their coaching camp in Bengaluru.
Bangar spoke on the flexibility that KL Rahul brings to the facet and the way the crew administration is attempting out completely different permutations and combos within the batting line-up on the coaching camp in Bengaluru, he stated “KL Rahul is a very versatile player, especially when he is played as a batter. Sometimes he has opened the innings, sometimes he has batted at number 5. So, today we got to see a lot of things in this camp.”

“Today, we also saw different pairs of players batting together, like as we have seen in yesterday’s session – Subhman Gill and Rohit Sharma were batting in pairs. Today, KL and Rohit were batting together in pairs. Thus it means the team management might have this thought on their mind that whether KL Rahul can be utilized as an opening batsman. I do not think this is their first option, but obviously, they want to give their best chance for that, or they want to keep an option with them,” he concluded.
Pakistan, India and Nepal are in Group Some time Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are in Group B. The event will observe a hybrid mannequin with Pakistan internet hosting 4 matches throughout two venues and Sri Lanka internet hosting the remaining video games.
(With ANI inputs)