Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer gives verdict on India's opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Jaffer said that the management should stick with the same batting order in the marquee event because adding Yashasvi Jaiswal into the playing XI will mess up the batting order.
The opening duo of Virat and Rohit failed to make any impact in the marquee event. However, team India won all of their three matches in the tournament and qualified for the super 8.
"Now that you are stuck with both of them, I don't think it's gonna make sense because you're gonna split both of them up. You might probably think of playing (Yashasvi) Jaiswal. That's probably what you're thinking, and then Rishabh Pant, who has done so well at number three, he has to bat even lower down the order, probably at number four. Then where does Suryakumar (Yadav) bat. So it's going to mess up the whole batting order, so I think they'll probably stick with that," he said on Star Sports.
Jaffer explained that Rishabh Pant is doing well at number three and since the wicketkeeper batter is doing so team India don't need to change their batting order. He also reckoned that the Virat and Rohit duo would be lethal in West Indies.
"Rishabh has done well at number three. Suryakumar, you don't want to bat him any lower than that, so I think they'll stick with that. But yeah, they have to go really hard in the powerplay. We've seen when Australia have done that against England, they were so ahead in the powerplay, getting that 74 runs. That's where you can make a mark. So Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the way they are batting, you could see that happen in the powerplay in West Indies," he further added.
After the rain washed out India's recent clash against Canada. Men in Blue will play Afghanistan for their Super 8 clash of the T20 World Cup 2024 on June 20 at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
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