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How Are The Contenders Shaping Up For India's Number Four In Batting?
Cricket Today
|April 5, 2019
One essential place is that middle order issue. India had tried a host of player in that position since the last few years, but they never managed to crack the code...
The Indian cricket team would have liked to get the problematic number four in batting sorted much ahead of the ICC World Cup 2019. With less than two months to go for the coveted tournament, Indian selectors know that they have a battle in hand to be spot on regarding the choice. India had finally identified Ambati Rayudu as the one to take charge of the position. He started well, but with time his performances with the bat fell flat.
Most importantly, in the final ODI series before the World Cup against Australia, Rayudu failed in three successive matches. Prior to that, he also endured a difficult campaign in Australia but made it up with some decency in the next series against the Kiwis. But the consistency factor has not been there. Prior to the series, skipper Virat Kohli had stated that they want to be sure of the 15-member squad to be selected for the World Cup. He had also added that the IPL 2019 season will have no bearing in the selection process.
This story is from the April 5, 2019 edition of Cricket Today.
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