Heading into a World Cup year, India’s T20 game looks like it is on the right track but there are still gaps to be filled especially on the...
Heading into a World Cup year, India’s T20 game looks like it is on the right track but there are still gaps to be filled especially on the batting side of things.
The make-up of the side could be very different by the time the World Cup rolls into town as Hardik Pandya could well be bowling by then.
It could give the team an option to play an extra batsman or bowler as they feel fit. Still, the series against Australia raised some questions of its own.
Dhawan, Rahul, Rohit — who will the two at the top be?
Rohit Sharma, given his record in white ball cricket over the past few years, will probably walk into the side but Shikhar Dhawan’s form in the format might make it difficult to leave him out and given how the left-hander usually does in ICC tournaments, India will want to keep him around.
His form during the IPL for the Delhi Capitals was superb as was KL Rahul’s and they haven’t done all that badly on the Australia tour. So how does one pick between the two?
Dhawan (ODIs and T20Is): 74, 30, 16, 1, 52, 28
Rahul (ODIs and T20Is): 12, 76, 5, 51, 30, 0
Rather, does one pick all three? Sanju Samson is...
