When will Kohli replace 'Trinity' on the bench?

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India has maintained its dominance over the other teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup. India has registered five wins in six matches, while one match was canceled due to rain. India is in second place in the table of 10 teams with 11 points. New Zealand also has 11 points but India is ahead because of better run rate.

India has so far dusted South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the West Indies in 2019 World Cup. India’s journey in the tournament has been fantastic so far, but there are three such players in Team India whose performance is very disappointing. Virat Kohli needs to try his options soon before the crucial match like the semi-final. Otherwise, India can find these weaknesses very expensive.

Let’s take a look: Team India needs the options of three weak players. Vijay Shankar – Vijay Shankar’s performance as India’s No. 4 batsman in the World Cup has been very poor. Due to Vijay Shankar’s failure at number 4, India’s middle order is not able to get runs in the middle overs. Because of the weakness of Vijay Shankar, the pressure is going on in the lower order, due to which India has not been able to score a score of 300 in two matches. Shankar was selected as the No. 4 batsman in World Cup, but he is continuously floppy.

Shankar has scored 58 runs in three matches so far in the World Cup. When Team India was announced for the World Cup, Vijay Shankar was named as the 3D player by chief selector MSK Prasad. Vijay Shankar was preferred to Ambati Rayudu. Shankar has scored 15 against Pakistan, 29 against Afghanistan and 14 against West Indies.

Dinesh Karthik has been asked to join Team XI’s playing XI as number 4 batsman after Vijay Shankar’s poor performance.

2. K. Rahul Dravid – opener KL Rahul has failed to convert his innings into big scores and lose wickets even after being set. KL Rahul got the chance to bat in all 5 matches in this World Cup, but he failed to convert his score into a big total even after settling down on the crease. In five innings, he scored the most runs against Pakistan. Even after being set against Pakistan, he made 57 runs in 78 balls. Apart from this, in the match against the West Indies on Thursday, they failed to convert a 48-run inning into big scores. Rahul scored 26 runs against South Africa and 30 runs against Afghanistan. Not only did his aggression like Shikhar Dhawan appear in his batting.

Whenever Dhawan has batted, there is not much difference between the runs and the ball. At the same time, they have proved to be successful in transforming the good start into a large total. But in Rahul’s batting, that glitter and speed are not visible.
If you look at the steps played by KL Rahul in the World Cup, then they will find that their strike rate in any match except one match is not 100 or above. In the match against Australia, his strike rate was more than 100, he faced 3 balls and scored 11 runs.

Team Rahul Rishabh Pant can replace KL Rahul in the opening. Rishabh Pant is a left-handed batsman who can give a good start to the team with Rohit Sharma.

3. Kedar Jadhav – Kedar Jadhav disappointed in World Cup. In the middle order, Kedar Jadhav is failing to play big innings, so that Team India can have trouble in the forthcoming matches. Jadhav had a big chance to play long innings against the West Indies. But he made seven runs in 10 balls and lost his wicket. Please tell that Jadhav had played 52 off 68 balls against Afghanistan and with the help of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian innings had gradually moved forward. After this, Sachin Tendulkar raised questions about this partnership.

There is the talk of replacing Kedar Jadhav with Ravindra Jadeja in place of playing XI.
India is close to the semi-finals and if the middle order is not strong then the team can pay a lot. Kohli has the option of a better player in Ravindra Jadeja, who can get in the middle of the fast pace and can also hit a blistering shot in the last over.