With the 50-over World Cup lower than two months away, India continues to be in search of a batter to fill the No. 4 slot, an issue that plagued them within the earlier event in England in 2019.
Shreyas Iyer, who’s getting back from a protracted harm layoff, carried out admirably in his 20 matches at No. 4, accumulating 805 runs at 47.35 with two centuries and 5 fifties.
“Look, No. 4 has been an issue for us for a long time. After Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh), nobody has come and settled themselves in.
“But, for a protracted time period, Shreyas (Iyer) has really batted at No. 4 and he has completed effectively — his numbers are actually good,” Rohit told reporters on the sidelines of a La Liga event.
“Unfortunately, accidents have given him a little bit of hassle; he has been out for some time and that’s actually what has occurred within the final 4-5 years. Numerous these guys have gotten injured and you’ll all the time see a brand new man coming and taking part in there,” he said.
The India captain stated that the high number of injuries to key players has hampered the team in the long run.
“The share of accidents which have occurred within the final 4-5 years, it’s huge. When the gamers get injured or are usually not obtainable, you strive doing various things with completely different gamers — that’s what I’ve to say about No. 4,” he said.
“Even earlier than, after I was not the captain, I used to be watching, no? There had been so many guys who got here in and went out. But accidents saved them away or they weren’t obtainable or somebody misplaced kind,” Rohit added.
With both KL Rahul – India’s preferred No. 5 wicketkeeper-batter – and Iyer on the recovery path, Rohit stated that they will wait and see how these two players progress.
“No one is an automated (choice), even I’m not. We have this factor the place no person is assured a spot. We can not say that ‘you might be there in any case’ or issues like that,” Rohit said.
“Yes, some gamers know that they will play however at this time limit, taking part in three ODIs within the West Indies was a very good alternative to have a look at a number of guys. In the Asia Cup, once more, we’ll face good opposition,” he said.
The Asia Cup is scheduled to be held just before the World Cup.
“Shreyas and KL are coming off not taking part in something for 4 months, huge accidents, surgical procedures somewhat. Both had surgical procedures. I do know, I needed to bear surgical procedure as soon as and the way it feels afterwards, it’s fairly powerful. We need to see how they reply, what they do.
“The selection (meeting) will be there in a few days, we will have a good debate about what we can do. But honestly nobody is an automatic choice – they all have to fight for the spot – everyone has to, whether it is a top spot or a bottom spot.
“We have gotten lots of names there. We will see what’s the proper mixture for us to go within the World Cup however earlier than we now have the Asia Cup,” the India skipper stated.
Rohit remarked that he needs a few of India’s gamers to bat below strain through the Asia Cup.
“We will see, we need to win however on the similar time there are lots of questions that we’d like solutions to. But within the Asia Cup, I need to see among the guys batting below strain in opposition to high quality groups,” he said.
“I nonetheless need to see these issues, so we’ll wait and see what occurs, however it’s all the time good to have lots of names, somewhat than only one or two names. I hope they’re slot in time – firstly that’s a very powerful.
“They (Rahul and Iyer) have been at the NCA for the last four months, working really hard and it looks quite positive so we will keep our fingers crossed,” Rohit added.
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(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com