Deepak Hooda and Rishabh Pant (PC: Twitter)
Following India’s lukewarm performance in the Asia Cup 2022, the former cricketers and analysts are coming up with various suggestions for the T20 World Cup. India’s middle-order batter, Robin Uthappa, is the latest to join the party as he reflected on the number five batter for the Men in Blue.
Mostly, Rishabh Pant is assigned the duty of playing at number 5. However, the Asia Cup 2022 saw India opting for a flexible middle-order with Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Pant, and Hardik Pandya changing their batting positions now and then.
Uthappa believes that the spin all-rounder Deepak Hooda is a perfect cure for India’s unstable middle-order. The 36-year-old backed Hooda to make a permanent place in the Indian line-up as the number five player. The Chennai Super Kings batter believes that the 27-year-old is in better form as compared to his contemporaries. Also, Hooda provides an extra bowling option to the skipper Rohit Sharma.
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