IND vs WI: Wasim Jaffer Wants Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, And Suryakumar Yadav As India's Top Three In 1st T20I vs West Indies

Updated - 29 Jul 2022, 05:17 PM

Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant
Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant. (Photo: Twitter)

Wasim Jaffer, a former cricketer for India, has listed the top three batters he hopes to see in the Indian team’s lineup for the forthcoming T20I series opener against the West Indies. 

Jaffer advises the team management to bat against the Windies with Suryakumar Yadav at No. 3 and Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant as the openers. 

Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant (Image Credit: Twitter)

Wasim Jaffer Tweets His Choice Of Batters For Indian Top-Order

Jaffer posted a screenshot from a recent Instagram live with Rishabh Pant that also included Suryakumar Yadav and captain Rohit Sharma. He recommended that these three players start the opening T20I’s batting order. 

MS Dhoni, a former captain of Men in Blue, is also visible in the image. Jaffer claimed to be able to bring the Men in Blue some luck for the next match. 

Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)

Notably, Pant started the team’s innings against England in the T20Is earlier this month. The left-two hander’s appearances yielded scores of 26 and 1. 

India And West Indies Set To Face Off In Five T20I Matches

India and West Indies are set to face off in five T20I matches once their three-match ODI series is over. On Friday, the inaugural match will take place at Trinidad’s Brian Lara Stadium (July 29). 

The team’s captain for the T20I games will be Rohit Sharma, who was rested for the 50-over games during the Caribbean tour. Due to their relaxation for the task, the visitors will be missing a number of seasoned campaigners including Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yuzvendra Chahal. 

India vs West Indies 1st T20I
India vs West Indies Photo Credit: (ICC)

India’s squad for West Indies T20Is: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi 

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