India’s star batsman Virat Kohli recently retired from Test cricket. He used to bat on number-4 in Team India. Who will be Kohli’s best replacement at number four? This is constantly being discussed. There are speculations about KL Rahul to Shubman Gill. Meanwhile, former Team India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has made a shocking claim.
Actually, Bangar has described not Rahul or Gill but Karun Nair as the best replacement. Let me tell you, India has to go to England for the five -Test series in June next month. Nair has been away from Team India for a long time. He played the last match for India in 2017. However, Nair, who performed well in domestic cricket, has been included in the India A team for the tour of England. India A has two first -class matches against England Lions and an intra squad match with the Indian senior team.
Bangar said on ESPNcricinfo that, I am thinking about Karun Nair on number-4. If we talk about giving priority to domestic cricket and using it as a benchmark, then he has made every effort to get back his place in Test cricket. Virender Sehwag, who scored a triple century in Nair Test, is the only Indian. He has played 6 Tests and two ODIs for India.
Apart from Nair, Bangar also advocated to include Abhimanyu Ishwaran in the Indian team. Like Nair, Ishwaran is also very small in domestic cricket. The former coach said, what will happen to Abhimanyu Ishwar? He has scored a lot of runs. I am confident that he will make it to the Test team.