After Yuvraj Singh, Indian batting has tried many people at number 4 but has not got a better player till now. In the end, Shreyas Iyer cemented his position as India’s number four batsman, but injury came as a villain. Shreyas Iyer’s injury gave India a big headache. It is doubtful whether the star will play in the ODI World Cup in India this year.
Now former Indian player Zaheer Khan has come forward asking for a consultation on who should be dropped at India’s number 4. “Some changes are needed in the batting order. We have to find out again who is the number four player. The same question was asked in the 2019 ODI World Cup held four years ago.
Shreyas Iyer has been identified as the number four player but he is injured. So when will we find out about number four? asked Zaheer Khan. India had tried Surya Kumar Yadav as a replacement in the ODI series against Australia at number four. But Surya Kumar Yadav proved without saying that he is not fit to play at number 4 in all three matches against Australia.
With this, there is a strong demand to consider Malayalee star Sanju for number four. Suryakumar Yadav, currently playing for India, has just 433 runs at a batting average of 24 from 21 ODI matches. The star has scored a half-century only twice in ODIs. Sanju has two half-centuries to his name, but Sanju has scored 330 runs at an average of 66 from just 10 ODI innings.