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Virender Sehwag on team India combination (Source- Twitter)
Team India was in Guwahati for their first warm-up game against England. The match got washed out, and they will now travel to Kerala for their second warm-up game against the Netherlands. All the teams have started playing their warm-up games. New Zealand beat Pakistan in the high-scoring warm-up match.
Ahead of the World Cup, all the teams have started their campaign and practices. Former India opener Virender Sehwag considers that Shreyas Iyer has cemented his place in the XI ahead of the Cricket World Cup 2023. After a sensational century against Australia in the recently-concluded ODI series.
The former India skipper further picked KL Rahul to bat at No. 5 and all-rounder Hardik Pandya to bat at No. 6 at the World Cup. As a result, he said that both Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav missed out on his XI. Ishan Kishan has already performed under pressure in the Asia Cup.
So Suryakumar won't be there at either of those positions: Virender Sehwag
Sehwag said, "At No. 6 and 7 KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will be there. So Suryakumar won't be there at either of those positions. There is No. 5 though. But if Hardik Pandya is your sixth bowler then Rahul will bat at No. 5, and Hardik at No. 6, then comes the bowlers. We thought Ishan Kishan could fit in somewhere in the line-up, but that hundred which Shreyas Iyer scored, if he plays at No. 4 then it will be Iyer, Rahul and Hardik at No. 4, 5 and 6 respectively."
"Now it depends on how India look at this combination, whether they feel Hardik will certainly bowl 10 overs because that will give India an extra bowler. So then Suryakumar cannot fit in there and even if there is a slot, then Ishan should be picked ahead because he is a left-hander."
The Men in Blue side will face the five-time champions Australia in their opener. India will face their arch-rivals Pakistan on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The World Cup begins on October 5. Defending champions England will face New Zealand in the opening game.