The Asian Cup is fast approaching but the Indian team’s number four problem doesn’t take its name. Looking ahead to the tournaments ahead, captain Rohit Sharma expressed concerns about number four. Rohit Sharma said finding number four in the ODIs was a big challenge for us.
Rohit Sharma believes that after Yuvraj Singh no one has managed to settle into fourth place. The Indian captain said: “You see, number four has been a problem for us for a long time. After Yuvraj Singh, no one could pin down that number. But Shreyas Iyer really struggled in 4th for a long time and he did well, his numbers are really good.”
Shreyas Iyer, who made his debut in December 2017, has played 42 one-day games so far. In 38 innings of those games, he hit 1,631 runs with a 46.60 average. In that time he has played 2 centuries and 14 half centuries with a high score of 113*. Iyer has hit 162 fours and 32 sixes in ODIs.
As the number four, Iyer has struggled in 20 innings in ODIs, hitting 805 runs with a 47.35 average. In that time he has two centuries and five half centuries behind him, with his high score being 113.
Please let us know that Iyer plays all three formats for India. Aside from 42 ODIs, he has played 10 Tests and 49 T20 Internationals so far. In 16 innings of the Test, he hit 666 runs with a 44.40 average. Iyer has scored 1 Century and 5 Half-Centuries in Tests. In addition, he has 1043 runs in T20 International with an average of 30.67 and a batting average of 135.95.