Shreyas Iyer’s century against Australia has put Ishan Kishan’s batting spot in bother, says Virender Sehwag ahead of World Cup.

Former Indian cricket star Virender Sehwag recently provided his perspective on India’s ODI World Cup batting lineup. He expressed that, despite Ishan Kishan’s excellent performance, KL Rahul is likely to be preferred in the starting XI. Sehwag attributed this choice partly to Shreyas Iyer’s impressive century against Australia during a recent ODI series

Sehwag said “At No. 6 and 7 KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will be there. So Suryakumar won’t be there at either of those positions. There is No. 5 though. But if Hardik Pandya is your sixth bowler then Rahul will bat at No. 5, and Hardik at No. 6, then comes the bowlers. We thought Ishan Kishan could fit in somewhere in the line-up, but that hundred which Shreyas Iyer scored, if he plays at No. 4 then it will be Iyer, Rahul and Hardik at No. 4, 5 and 6 respectively.”