Former India player Robin Uthappa added that Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer will compete for a place in Team India’s middle order for their first game of the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023.
Uthappa said these in his latest YouTube video. He said: “There will be competition between Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. The batter who will score more runs in the third ODI will start in the World Cup. The positions of the remaining batters seem set. I love the fact that Rohit Sharma is playing according to his tried-and-tested ODI template. He is taking some time initially and then plays positively according to the situation. He is playing exceptionally well.”
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However, he was hopeful of senior batter Virat Kohli doing well on his return after a short break following the Asia Cup 2023 campaign. Notably, both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were rested for the first two ODIs against Australia but they returned for the third game as well.
He said: “The master is doing what he does well. It’s good to see that he has gotten a break. He is fresh and is coming to play the last ODI against Australia and will then go straight into the World Cup, and we can hope very good things from him moving forward.”
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Meanwhile, Robin Uthappa opined on how India successfully managed to stage a turnaround after their T20I series defeat to the West Indies earlier this year as well.
“India, after losing to West Indies, bounced back, won the Asia Cup, and sealed the Australia series, leading into the World Cup as the No. 1 ODI side. [They are] turning things around at the right time. I suspect that this is the start of a purple patch. When you look at things that are going on around this side and the results that the team is being delivering, I have a feeling that this is the start of a purple patch, and it is very good news for India,” Robin Uthappa concluded.
