Let us tell you that now two months are left in the ODI World Cup, but India is still looking for a suitable player for the number four position in the batting order. Earlier in the 2019 World Cup too, this place had become a big issue for the Indian team. Due to this number puzzle, Team India could not win the 2019 World Cup under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
Rohit said after participating in an event, ‘Look, the number four position in the batting order has been an issue for a long time. After the retirement of Yuvraj Singh, no other player has been able to secure his place on this number. It was Yuvraj Singh who took the number-4 front under Dhoni’s captaincy and made Team India the champion.
Regarding batting at this position, Rohit said, ‘Shreyas Iyer was batting at number four for some time and he also performed well. Unfortunately, he has been in trouble due to injuries. To be honest, it has been happening for the last four-five years that many players got injured and in such a situation, the new player had to come down for batting at that place.
Most successful batsman for India at number-4
It is not that no batsman has achieved success for Team India at number-4. There have been many such players who have rained fire with their bat at this position. It also includes the name of the great Sachin Tendulkar.
In terms of scoring the most runs at number-4, Mohammad Arzharuddin is there. Azharuddin appeared in 137 matches for Team India at this position, in which he scored 4605 runs at an average of 40.39. Another name is of Yuvraj Singh. Playing at this position, Yuvraj has scored 3415 runs in 108 matches at an average of 35.21.
Former captain Rahul Dravid has also batted fiercely at number-4. Playing at this position, Dravid has scored 3301 runs in 102 matches at an average of 36.27. And Dilip Vengsarkar has scored 2138 runs in 71 ODIs. Sachin Tendular is also no less in this matter. Sachin has also scored 2059 runs at an average of 38.85 while batting at number-4.
Most successful batsman at number-4 of 2019
On the other hand, if we talk about the present time, after the year 2019, there are only four such batsmen for Team India who have scored 100 or more runs. The first name in this is Shreyas Iyer. Iyer scored a total of 805 runs in 22 matches. At the same time, Rishabh Pant has scored 360 runs in 11 innings while KL Rahul has scored 189 runs in 4 innings and Ishaan Kishan has 106 runs in 4 innings.