The Middle Order woes
Indian team have failed to find a reliable middle order combination since the 2015 World Cup. From Ajinkya Rahane to Suresh Raina, there have been a ray of experiments by the team management but they failed to find the answer.
The selectors gave the opportunity to Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik in the middle order.
Jadhav suffered a hamstring injury in the IPL 11, after which he took several months to get fully recover. He was re-called to the team after his performance for India “A”. Manish Pandey was also awarded a place in the team after his impressive run for India “A”.
Ambati Rayudu had an illustrious IPL season this year and he was awarded a place in the Indian team for the UK tour. However, to everyone’s surprise he failed the controversial Yo Yo test after which he was ousted from the team. The selectors gave him another lifeline by selecting him for the Asia Cup 2018.
Four of these middle order batsman haven’t featured for the India ODI side in the recent time and it may be a big concern for the team management. A failure from one player will result in an opportunity for the other but it may not so India’s problems, resulting in inconsistent run from the middle order batsman.
