It looked like a repeat of the 2019 World Cup semi-final as India lost three wickets for just two runs against Australia. After Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan departed without scoring a single run, Shreyas Iyer was expected to do damage control with Virat Kohli. However, Iyer played a loose shot against Josh Hazlewood and got caught by David Warner at covers. India lost three wickets for just two runs. Seeing the collapse, India's 'Player of the series' from World Cup 2011 shared his opinion about the batting order as he feels KL Rahul is perfect for the no.4 spot.
Yuvraj tweeted: “No 4 batsman has to absorb the pressure !! Need better thinking from @ShreyasIyer15 when team is trying to rebuild their innings ! Still don’t understand why @klrahul is not batting at no 4 ! After scoring a 100 against Pakistan ! Dropping @imVkohli might cost australia big time , don’t drop the king cause he can take the game away. Game on !!”
Yuvraj wants Iyer to apply himself better and play according to the situation. He questioned the team management’s decision to push Rahul down the order despite his 100-run knock on return against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023 encounter in the absence of Iyer.
Rohit and Iyer became the first Indian opening pair since 1983 to get out for ducks in an ODI World Cup match. India lost three wickets for just two runs, their lowest score in ODIs after losing three batters.
Virat Kohli had a nervy start as well and the ball beat the bat several times. In the eighth over, Hazlewood created another chance. The short ball hurried on to Kohli and he miscued the pull shot. Mitchell Marsh came running but dropped a near-regulation catch. He was batting on 12 then and India had 20/3 on the board.
The 34-year-old went on to score his second half-century in the run chase of an ODI World Cup match. His only other half-century (66) in a World Cup run chase came against England in the previous edition but he ended up on the losing side.
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