Raidu: Kohli can solve the problem

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli said here before the five-match ODI series against the West Indies starting Sunday, if Ambati Rayudu raced to fourth place in the batting order and got his place in the team then next year The problem of the middle class will be solved before the World Cup. Kohli said that finding a batsman for the fourth place for the team is like a challenge and Rayudu has performed well in recent times, with the batting order almost steady. Prior to the first one-dayer on Sunday, Kohli said, "The way the batsman we are looking for for a long time is a fourth-order batsman.

We tried a lot of players and options but no one could not afford to roam it in the way we wanted. "Rayudu batted well in the Asia Cup, before the World Cup, he needs more opportunities so that the problem of that sequence Rayudu scored 602 runs in IPL for Chennai Super Kings at 43, during which his strike rate was 149.75. This was followed by his selection for the one-day tour of England but after the yo-yo test he was dropped from the team.
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He played a key role in making India a winner in the Asia Cup held in UAE last month. In Kohli's absence, he batted at number three and scored 175 runs at an average of 43.75. Kohli said, "I also saw him playing and the team felt that he was made to play in the middle order. We felt that our middle order is almost steady now. "Before the World Cup, the Indian team has to play 18 ODIs, starting with tomorrow's five-match ODI series. Kohli said, "In these 18 matches we have to make the right combination with which to go for the World Cup."

When Kohli was asked about senior player Mahendra Singh Dhoni, if he is ready to bat at fifth, sixth and seventh places, then he said, "He is ready to play anywhere. On the occasion, Kohli said about left-handed young fast bowler Khalil Ahmed that after the retirement of Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra, such a bowler should come in the team. Is good. Khalil will be the 12th player of the team in the match played on Sunday. Kohli said, "We do not want to leave any aspect. We thought that being a left-handed fast bowler in the team would diversify. He has the ability to swing and bounce the ball on either side. He has good speed too. "