Former India captain Kapil Dev feels India can use Hardik Pandya at number four in T20Is which could give them momentum. Pandya has been in good form lately with a lot of improvement in his batting.
Pandya was the top scorer for India in the ODI series against Australia with 210 runs, and also won Man of the Series in the T20I series.
“You need to 2-3 players in the middle-order who can give you momentum. There is Hardik Pandya. You can make him a No.4 batsman in T20s. It’s all about experimenting,” Kapil told ABP Uncut.
The World Cup-winning India captain wants India to be a little more experimental in the shortest format. There are two upcoming T20 World Cups lined up in the next two years; one of them in India.
“You have youngsters like Mayank and Sanju Samson. The captain has to back youngsters and also the management. The think tank has to believe in building a new team because T20 is a format of the youth.
“It is surprising that despite hosting IPL for so many years you are still apprehensive in taking such calls. T20 allows youngsters to be ruthless and if there was no IPL then there wouldn’t have been any discussion but since we have a tournament like IPL, we should make more use of it,” Kapil added.
(Quotes from ABP Uncut)
