IND vs SA: If They Bat At 5 Or 6 India Can Score 100-120 Runs In 6 Overs: Sunil Gavaskar Wants Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid To Play 'Explosive' Duo

The 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) is done with Gujarat Titans arising as the heroes of the fifteenth season. Now all eyes move to the national team with India set to play a five-match T20I series against South Africa at home beginning June 9.

The series will stamp the start of the last part of India’s preparation for the T20 World Cup later in October. Meanwhile, in front of the series, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has an “explosive” idea for India head coach Rahul Dravid.

Sunil Gavaskar Wants To See Hardik Pandya And Rishabh Pant Batting At No.5 and 6 For India

The series will feature the arrival of Hardik Pandya to the national team for the first time starting around the 2021 T20 World Cup following which he was rehabilitating from his back injury issue. In any case, following his amazing execution as an all-rounder in the IPL 2022, the selectors compensated him with a national call-up.

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Hailing his exhibition in the competition, where Pandya had driven Gujarat to title triumph, Gavaskar told Star Sports that in the event that Hardik and Rishabh Pant can bat at No.5 and 6 for India, the side can score right around 120 runs in only 6 overs.

“I think he’ll probably be slotted at five or six. Just imagine, if India has a Hardik Pandya and a Rishabh Pant at five or six. They can probably swap around a little bit — that is going to be some explosive combination from the 14th to the 20th over.

“In six overs, you can probably expect even may be 100-120 runs. They are capable of doing that. So, that’s going to be an exciting aspect. That’s something I’m really looking forward to — Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya batting at five or six,” Gavaskar said.

Hardik scored 487 runs in IPL 2022 at an average of 44.27 and a strike rate of 131.27. He additionally picked eight wickets at an economy rate of 7.28.

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