Ruturaj Gaikwad is likely to be selected as the number one batsman in the Indian ODI team, replacing Indian vice-captain Shreyas Iyer. 4 Batsman, former player, was out of action for months after his injury. Gaikwad was seen batting with Virat Kohli during the net session.
The Indian team had to undergo a revamp after captain Shubman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer were ruled out of the series due to injury concerns. Shreyas is out for a long time, while Shubman Gill is expected to take the field by the start of the T20 series against South Africa or the series against New Zealand.
KL Rahul was made the captain of the Indian national team, and the Indian management rested Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj. Hardik Panyada, who is out of action due to injury, is likely to play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and make a comeback for the T20I series against the same opponent starting December 9.
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s ODI batting positions finalized ahead of 1st ODI in Ranchi
Shreyas Iyer was dropped from the Indian team after getting injured during the last match of the ODI series against Australia, after which he has been out of the team for almost 4 months.
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has enjoyed batting in the last year and has come out of some good form in the Duleep Trophy and Ranji Trophy for the Maharashtra team, and won the player of the year award in the unofficial ODI series against South Africa A, and hence, is full of confidence to play for India.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was recently seen in the nets with Indian legend Virat Kohli and both were seen batting together. According to RevSportz, Gautam Gambhir has a habit of making batting pairs according to his position in the nets.
Additionally, with Yashasvi Jaiswal most likely to be the opening batsman in place of Gill, India will now have a left-handed batsman at the top of the order; Therefore, Ruturaj Gaikwad could overtake Pant at number 4 for India.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was seen in intense discussion with the Indian team management
Along with the net session, Ruturaj Gaikwad was also seen engaging in some conversation with Virat Kohli. The veteran player seemed quite engaged and shared information about the gameplay, as well as gave some batting tips.
The report further states that after enduring a long batting session, where he looked very confident as he played the fast bowlers and dealt with the spinners with ease, he went to batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and had a long talk.
This was followed by another conversation with Gautam Gambhir, who was seen giving some suggestions to improve his drives, as this could be understood from his hand gestures. He was also seen with captain KL Rahul and looked to be one of the busiest Indian cricketers at the nets.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were seen batting together in the nets
Gaikwad-Kohli At the edges of the nets, another Indian batting pair took charge. Experienced opener Rohit Sharma batted with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Although the young left-hander had a disappointing series against South Africa in red-ball cricket recently, he may look to change his fortunes in white-ball cricket.
Other doubts will be Rishabh Pant or Tilak Verma, who could replace left-hander Axar Patel in the Indian team. Nitish Kumar Reddy or Washington Sundar will also be another big doubt, as India will now have to bat at No. 1 with the presence of Ravindra Jadeja. 8 But an additional bowler in the form of Axar Patel will be missed.
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