‘After Yuvi, nobody has come and settled themselves in’ – Rohit Sharma on Indian Cricket team’s No. 4 batting woes

Undoubtedly, the Indian cricket team has one of the most balanced squads in the world with attacking batsmen and lethal bowlers. From top-order to middle-order batsmen, the Indian Cricket Team have answers to break any world-class bowling attack. However, a few years of chatter has been going on to find a fixed number of batsmen in the ODIs for the team. 

The Indian camp has suffered multiple back-to-back injuries which has resulted in various batsmen playing in that position. For the longest time, Shreyas Iyer has outshined others to play in the spot, but due to his injuries, he has been ruled out of several tournaments in recent years. 

Rohit Sharma recently got in an exclusive chat with India today and discussed the Indian Cricket team’s dilemma to pick the number for a batsman in the ODIs. 

Rohit Sharma on the ideal candidate to bat on number four  

“Look, No. 4 has been an issue for us for a long time. After Yuvi, nobody has come and settled themselves in. But, for a long period of time, Shreyas (Iyer) has actually batted at No. 4 and he has done well — his numbers are really good. Unfortunately, injuries have given him a bit of trouble; he has been out for a while and that is honestly what has happened in the last 4-5 years,” said Rohit Sharma

“The percentage of injuries that have happened in the last 4-5 years, is massive. When the players get injured or are not available, you try doing different things with different players — that is what I have to say about No. 4. Even before when I was not the captain, I was watching no? There were so many guys who came in and went out. But injuries kept them away or they were not available or someone lost form,” added Rohit Sharma. 

“Shreyas and KL are coming off not playing anything for four months, big injuries, surgeries rather. Both had surgeries. I know, I had to undergo surgery once and how it feels afterwards, it is quite tough. We have to see, how they respond, what they do,” concluded, Rohit Sharma.