5 reasons why India should continue to experiment in the ODI series against Australia
With India having whitewashed Sri Lanka 9-0 across all the three formats, our attention will now turn to the all-important ODI series at home against Australia. Though India are a powerful team at home, this series is expected to be much more keenly contested.
One question that is being raised is whether the culture of experimentation that was taken up for the Lankan tour should be continued or if it should be scrapped against the Aussies as they are a mightier opposition.
Here are 5 reasons why we think that India should continue to experiment in the ODI series against Australia.
#1 Middle order problems persist
Though there’s no doubting India’s top 3 batsmen, it’s from number 4 that the problems start as of now. India’s middle order is largely unstable and despite the 9-0 whitewashing of Sri Lanka, the vulnerabilities of the middle order were exposed time and again.
Many times during the ODI series, the Indian middle order suffered dramatic collapses when put under pressure. So India at the moment face many questions going forward.
Is KL Rahul good enough to be in the future plans as far as ODIs are concerned? Does Kedar Jadhav need to be more consistent? Or is it time to give Ajinkya Rahane more chances or bring back Yuvraj Singh or Suresh Raina?
Only experimentation which involves trying out all possible combinations will help settle these doubts.