Who should be India's #3 in T20Is?

[SinNombre]

Can't think of any great options.

 

And if the answer is SKY, who is batting at #4 then. 

[tweaker]

Deepak Hooda

[nevada]

Pant can continue to open and Rahul, if fit, could take the #3 spot instead of Kohli.

[HamHindustani]

Kohli and Hooda should fit in 1 and 3. Either can open and other in 3

[HamHindustani]

16 hours ago, SinNombre said:

Can't think of any great options.

 

And if the answer is SKY, who is batting at #4 then. 

if Sky is 3, then Kohli can be 4.

[Vijy]

hooda is there as an option

[Adamant]

When you say no. 3, you've already answered it. 

There's only one no. 3 in India and that's the way its gonna be. 

 

 

[prudent_kreeda]

9 hours ago, nevada said:

Pant can continue to open and Rahul, if fit, could take the #3 spot instead of Kohli.

 

Looks very out of sorts against swing .  NZ, Pak, even AUS , ENG can put up decent swing bowlers up front . Not sure India will get best of Pant at top . As of now 

he can be used to bash spinners . Also  there is very little time left for giving him many games at the top. 

[zen]

While Ind has a few options and any one of them “could” be #3, based on current dynamics that benefit the team, Hooda “should” be 

[BacktoCricaddict]

28 minutes ago, Adamant said:

When you say no. 3, you've already answered it. 

There's only one no. 3 in India and that's the way its gonna be. 

 

 

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar?

[cricketfan28]

kohli , we need him in Australia!

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar?

Sir Don Bradman after resurrecting him and giving him Ind citizenship

[coffee_rules]

3 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar?

I say Dravid

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, coffee_rules said:

I say Dravid

transition from coach to player. someone did it in the 70s/80s - I forget who it was now

[neel roy]

End of day you cannot drop Kohli for the t20 w cup in Oct. The last international t20 he played before this series was in Wcup where he was the highest scorer agaisnt Pakistan. So any thoughts or fantasies of him being dropped is unfounded unless he is injured. So he will stay as no 3 as much as people like it or hate it..

[Majestic]

3 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

I say Dravid

Say it better, Rahul Sharad Dravid..

 

Then ofcourse since we are talking about numbers, don't forget the Count, Cheteshwar Pujara 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Kohli

[coffee_rules]

6 hours ago, Vijy said:

transition from coach to player. someone did it in the 70s/80s - I forget who it was now

Bobby Simpson?

[coffee_rules]

4 hours ago, Majestic said:

Say it better, Rahul Sharad Dravid..

 

Then ofcourse since we are talking about numbers, don't forget the Count, Cheteshwar Pujara 

When you say Count, I hear Dracula

[Jay]

Should always be the player that chooses to play at number 3. King. 

 

I prefer this for t20

 

Rohit

Dhawan

Kohli

Kela

Pant

Pandya

Jadeja

 

Old is gold. Past prime for the win.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Jay