India took an unassailable 2-0 lead over West Indies in the three-match ODI series after a dominant victory in the second game in Guwahati. Chasing a massive target of 406, the hosts barely faced any hurdles as skipper Shubman Gill led from the front with an unbeaten 223. Veteran opener Rohit Sharma also struck a century, helping India chase down the target in just 43.3 overs.
With the series already secured, India will head into the final match aiming to complete a clean sweep.
Or you see it as a problem that they’re so good that nine out of 10 times, four, five, six are not exposed.
And there aren’t enough ODIs,” said Chopra on Cricinfo . But the day they are, they’re not ready,” he said. With the trio consistently piling on runs, the middle order has had little opportunity to spend time in the middle and sharpen its skills. Chopra pointed out that India now find themselves in a tricky situation. they also cannot afford to leave out the top-order players, especially since they are no longer active in all formats While the team would want to provide adequate game time to their middle-order batters. “That’s a tight rope to walk. You don’t want to make them sit out and watch cricket happening. More so now when the players we are talking about play only one format in white ball cricket. So it is almost impossible to rest Gill, Rohit or Kohli. Everybody needs game time. The former Kolkata Knight Riders star also spoke about T20I captain Shreyas Iyer and his absence from the ongoing ODI series, as he is currently away on Asian Games duty in Japan. “Let’s be fair. Right now, even Shreyas Iyer is not there. So he’s supposed to be batting at four. But the guy is playing in a different format in a different country right now. You can see it as a blessing that your top three are outstanding.
