ODI World Cup 2023

‘Rohit Sharma puri team ko MI quota kar dega’ – Fans react as reports of Tilak Varma being likely contender for middle-order slot surfaces

Tilak Varma has played 5 T20Is for India.

Aug 14, 2023 6:01 pm

The Indian Team are not in the best of positions ahead of the ODI World Cup that will take place on home soil. The only positive that came out in the recent T20I series against the West Indies was the heartwarming performances of Tilak Varma. The man from Andhra showed a lot of tenacity and grit and delivered some good knocks. Now as per reports, the whispers doing the rounds in the cricket circles are that Varma could make the cut to the Indian ODI middle order on the back of runs against West Indies.

India have had injury problems as KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are still recovering from injury. The No 4 slot has been a big monkey on the back of the Indian side. Even in the 2019 World Cup, the Men in Blue could not zero in on a proper number four. Ambati Rayudu was poised as the No 4 then but the Indian management had a change of heart in the end and went to Vijay Shankar in place of Rayudu. The No 4 slot was shared between Vijay Shakar, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jhadav and Hardik Pandya.

Team India lacks part-time bowling options in its ODI setup

India’s batting order is more right-hand dominant, if Tilak gets a chance and makes the cut, then the Indian batting order will get a point of variation. Ravi Shastri in an interview had earlier said that he would like to see at least two left-handers in the top 6 for India. Another headache for India is the lack of part-time bowling options which can prove to be the Achilles heel in the World Cup. It has been a problem that the national said have had in recent times.

The Men in Blue have also been very overreliant on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to win games for India with the bat. The Rahul Dravid-coached side are in a muddle at the moment and will hope to find all the answers to their problems ahead of the big tournament. India have not won a World event since 2013.

Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:

Rohit Sharma insist kar raha hai 👍

— Abhishek Hanbar (@abhi_ph17) August 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/xmanhe/status/1691027441924579328?s=20

Downfall of indian cricket…if such chamchas get place in sqad coz of sycophancy twrds rohit…I mean u hve talent then why doing chamchagiri….disgusting.

— Rishav Baghel 🏏 (@ImRcbians) August 14, 2023

BC plss don't mess up things if Iyer and Rahul is fit then we don't need anyone yes if one of them is unavailable then go for one between Samson/SKY/Tilak

— Harsh (@Imhro_45) August 14, 2023