The Indian cricket crew enters a decisive stage of the season the place one or two losses may outline if this yr was a profitable one for them or not. With the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup not too removed from its graduation, there stay loads of inquiries to be answered on the subject of the Indian squad. One of India’s most constant gamers in ICC occasions, Shikhar Dhawan, is now not being thought-about in any of the three codecs. For former India head coach, it is a unhappy factor that Dhawan does not even get the credit score he deserves.

“At the top of the order, nowhere else. And the others have to be flexible. Between Rohit, Virat, and Shubhman Gill, that can be 2, 3, 4. And a very important point is, I was coach at that time, and I keep saying that people don’t give the credit that Shikhar Dhawan deserves. I mean, that guy was an amazing player. You mention the World Cup in 2019 where we lost that semifinal, when we had a brilliant World Cup, he was the missing man there. You know, that made such a big difference – a left-hander at the top of the order, as opposed to three right-handers with the ball swinging away, which allowed teams to get a grip of where to bowl and bowl consistently,” Shastri stated in a chat on Star Sports.

The former India all-rounder and head coach, Shastri, needs the Indian crew to have three left-handers within the batting unit. At current, the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma seem like the highest candidates from pure batters’ perspective whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel are definitely in rivalry from the all-rounders’ viewpoint.

“There are two positions in the top seven where I feel two left-handers have to come in. This is where a selector’s role comes in because they are watching, they know who is the guy who is hot. If Tilak Varma is hot, bring him in. If Jaiswal is hot, bring him in. But bring two in at the top, so if you are persistent with Ishan Kishan for the last 6-8 months and he’s going to keep wickets, then he comes in, in any case. But getting two left-handers in that top seven, including Jaddu, there should be three in that top seven.”