With the return of Virat Kohli, the question doing the rounds is, on which position will the Indian skipper be sent in for batting at the upcoming 2019 World Cup? With head coach Ravi Shastri commenting that Kohli can play at No. 4 position, MSK Prasad has also agreed with the decision and called the idea a ‘wonderful thought’.
With the return of Virat Kohli, the question doing the rounds is, on which position will the Indian skipper be sent in for batting at the upcoming 2019 World Cup? With head coach Ravi Shastri commenting that Kohli can play at No. 4 position, MSK Prasad has also agreed with the decision and called the idea a ‘wonderful thought’.
“I think it is a wonderful thought that Virat Kohli can bat at No.4 and that is what Ravi Shastri has expressed. This has been happening for quite some time, but we will have to see. Because Virat has done extremely well at No.3. He is the No.1 batsman in the world. But if it is for the requirement of the team and Virat has to come at No.4 he will definitely do it. But again, we will have to see what the team requires and what the dynamics of the team is. That will decide his batting position,” Prasad said in a recent interview on Hotstar.
According to Shastri, “The good thing about this Indian top-three is we can separate them if conditions and situations demand. Someone like Virat Kohli can go to number four, and we can put a good number three to bring more balance to the batting line-up. That’s flexibility for you, and for big tournaments like the World Cup, you have to be flexible to see what’s the best balance for the side. So we will decide that (accordingly in England).
“Maybe Rayudu, or someone else, could bat at number three, and Kohli comes in at number four. We wouldn’t want to disturb the opening combination. Separating the top-three could make the batting stronger”.
The middle-order batting position has been crucial in the recent past with no steady batsman to hold the team in dire moments. Kohli played in seven different batting positions before becoming a mainstay at the No.3 spot since 2011. He has scored 32 centuries at this position.
However, while playing at No. 4, he scored 1744 runs at an average of 58.13 which includes seven centuries in 23 innings.
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