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'Pahle usko dhang se ek ODI to khel lene do' - Fans react as Ravi Shastri backs Tilak Varma for no 4 slot ahead of 2023 World Cup

Ravi Shastri said that India needs to include in-form youngsters ahead of the 2023 World Cup on home soil in October.

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The ODI World Cup will be held in India. Ahead of the tournament, India has faced problems in the middle order as KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have come out of injuries and recently got back to match practice. The Indian top order is more right-hand dominant and so Ravi Shastri suggested an interesting change to the batting lineup.

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Shastri backed Tilak Varma to occupy the number four slot ahead of the 2023 World Cup. Shastri said in order to make the Indian batting order more dynamic there should be three lefties including Ravindra Jadeja. He suggested Ishan Kishan along with Varma or Jaiswal. While Jaiswal and Tilak are untested in ODIs, Kishan has scored a double hundred against Bangladesh in the ODI format.

There should be three-left hand batting options including Ravindra Jadeja -Ravi Shastri

“There are three other positions where I think two left-handers have to come in, apart from the top four you mentioned. Now this is where the selectors’ role comes in because they are watching. They know who’s the guy who’s hot. If Tilak Varma is hot, bring him in. If you think Yashasvi Jaiswal is hot, bring him in,” Shastri said on Star Sports.

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“So, if you have persisted with Ishan Kishan for the last 6 to 8 months and he’s going to keep wickets, he comes in, in any case. But get two left-handers. Including Jaddu, there should be three left-handers in the top seven. Ishan Kishan has been keeping it for the last 15 months. Why go somewhere else?” Shastri added saying India should look to back the options that they have been looking at for the past few years.

Varma has played 5 T20Is for India and scored 173 runs. many of the fans were of the opinion that Varma should be a part of the Asia Cup and India should see how he performs in the continental tournament before taking a call on his World Cup selection. Varma has smashed 740 runs in 25 Indian Premier League (IPL) for Mumbai Indians with the highest score of 84.

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