Srinagar: Former India cricketer and selector Saba Karim has said that Team India has to chose between Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Kartik to sort out its issues with No.4 batting position.
Saba Karim said that India need to settle its No.4 batting position and in order to do that it has to pick one between Pant and Kartik for the playing eleven
Speaking on the Sports 18 show ‘Sports Over the Top’, Saba Karim said, “Yes, you need to sort it out as soon as possible. But to fix the No. 4 position for a specific player, we need to get the balance of the side correct. When I say this, I mean they need to pick between Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant”.
“Once you decide on either of these players, then it is easy to slot in Surya at No. 4. It’s up to the team management to decide what is the ideal position for Suryakumar Yadav. If the team management feels No. 4 is the ideal position for him to come in, then the rest of the batting order follows,” he said.
Karim further said that Rohit Sharma prefers having six bowling options with Hardik Pandya in team.
“India has done well with five bowlers plus Hardik Pandya as the sixth bowling option. So would you like to break that kind of a combination and get in another batter in Dinesh Karthik at No. 7. That means you will go in with Hardik Pandya as the fifth bowler who is expected to bowl four overs”.