Nothing new, Ambati Rayudu said when asked about Virat Kohli’s recent suggestion that he is the best man to plug the hole at No.4 in the Indian ODI batting order.
That’s been a headache for India. Any number of players have been tried at two-drop in the past few years – veterans Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, and so on. There have been good performances, but not the sort of consistency the team has looked for.
The 2019 World Cup isn’t too far away, and India have just over 15 ODIs between now and then.
“I am just focused on this series at the moment,” said Rayudu of the ongoing exchanges with the West Indies. “I am not really thinking too far ahead. It is not a new role as I have been batting in the middle order for long. There is nothing new that they have asked me to do.”
