Sanjay Manjrekar wants Virat Kohli to bat at No 4 vs New Zealand to balance batting order-Firstcricket News , Firstpost

Virat Kohli performs a shot throughout third ODI towards Sri Lanka. Sportzpics

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar wants Virat Kohli to drop to No 4 batting spot in New Zealand ODIs to permit Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill to bat within the high order. Manjrekar wants Kishan to open however that might imply Gill who struck a century within the final ODI towards Sri Lanka from the highest can have to bat within the center order. To clear up this conundrum, Manjrekar has prompt that Kohli can drop to No 4 from his ordinary No three slot and that approach each Kishan and Gill can bat within the high order.

“It’s going to be still tricky. One guy is going to be really upset. I have got an idea to sort this mess out. Have Shubman Gill bat at No. 3, he seems like he can handle that position, and then Virat Kohli sacrifices his No. 3 for a No. 4. He has done that before to Ambati Rayudu once, many years back against Sri Lanka. So that could be a way to sort it out. Ishan Kishan after his double hundred, left and right-handed combination at the top is not such a bad idea,” Manjrekar instructed Star Sports.

The former cricketer additionally recalled that Kohli has performed the identical factor for Ambati Rayudu years again towards Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, India captain Rohit Sharma has already confirmed that Kishan shall be batting within the center order. The left-handed batter scored the world’s quickest ODI double ton in his final 50-over worldwide match in December. He had to sit out of the enjoying XI towards Sri Lanka as India wished to give Gill an extended rope at the highest. Gill repaid the religion by scoring 207 runs in three matches.

Kishan makes a return to the aspect as KL Rahul has taken a go away for a household dedication and Shreyas Iyer is dominated out of New Zealand sequence due to a again damage.

India vs NZ ODI sequence

After defeating Sri Lanka in each T20I and ODI sequence, Rohit Sharma and Co are actually trying ahead to extending their successful streak towards New Zealand within the upcoming ODI sequence. The groups will meet within the 1st ODI of the three-match sequence on Wednesday, 18 January at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

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