Ravichandran Ashwin Comes Up With His No 3 Batter For New Zealand Series

Talking about the no. 3 position, there is a big tussle going on between Suryakumar and Iyer.

Ravichandran Ashwin in action.

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New Delhi: The Men in Blue had a terrible run in the recently passed T20 World Cup in Australia. Now, the Indian team is in New Zealand with Hardik Pandya leading the side. Talking about the no. 3 position, there is a big tussle going on between Suryakumar and Iyer.

Virat Kohli in the T20 World Cup batted at the no. 3 spots while Surya was given no 4 positions. Ravichandran Ashwin shared his school of thought and said, "Anyway, Shreyas Iyer at 3, and Suryakumar Yadav at 4 are a lock. There will be a temptation to send Suryakumar Yadav at 3. But I think Shreyas has earned his right. So, Shreyas will go at three and Surya will bat at 4”.

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He also talked about Rishabh Pant and stated, “If you send Rishabh Pant at the top, we won't have any left-handers in the middle order. Not having a left-hander in the middle order is also highly spoken about. Having a left-right combination in the middle is really important in T20s. Is there a left-hand middle-order option available?”

"The only other option left is Washington Sundar. I don't know whether they will bat him at number 5. If they don't see him in that role, I don't know where else he will fit in this squad. Remember, this is a comeback for Washington Sundar as well," he said.

India squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.