Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Mohit Sharma opened up on India’s weakness and made a huge statement on the same ahead of the second T20I against Afghanistan as well. The game will take place on Tuesday, September 15, in Delhi.
Despite their dominant seven-wicket win in the first T20I, Mohit Sharma felt that they lacked a proper fifth bowling option.

“India has a question to address. It is a big question. I am talking about the fifth bowler. Will the management look at it? Will they think that they need a fifth bowler in Ravi Bishnoi or Yash Thakur? They could even bring Washington Sundar in. Washi can give you two to three overs on this wicket in Delhi,” he said on Cricbuzz.

“That problem was seen in the first game, where we missed a fifth or sixth bowler. I don’t think they would make a change though, as it is only one game in the series and they won as well. In the first ten overs, things were in control. In the second half, they could not pick up wickets at one point when Nabi and Omarzai had a partnership. But I feel they will back the same players, as they won,” he again shared.

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Mohammad Kaif and Mohit Sharma also suggested what India could do to make better use of their bowling options and address the fifth bowler issue. Kaif added that Nitish Kumar Reddy could be used earlier as well.

“Maybe they can use Reddy earlier. Give him the new ball. You can play the same team but you can see how to use the bowlers. If Abhishek gave just eight runs and bowled a good over, give one more to Reddy there and finish his quota. If they had done that, maybe there would be no need to give Dube the 20th over,” he said.

“If Bumrah takes the new ball, you will have problems at the death. You will have to give the new ball to Nitish Reddy so that Bumrah has three overs at the death. Then the option of Dube will be eliminated. They will have to think about how they will rotate one bowler, and they will need one more new-ball bowler. If you want to cover the death, you have to keep Bumrah away from the new ball. You will have to give Reddy two overs in the powerplay to have that backup,” he concluded.