INDIA'S NUMBER 4 OPTIONS

             "INDIAN TEAM IS STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND A PROPER NUMBER FOUR                   BATSMEN WHO CAN TAKE THE RESPOSIBILITY  AFTER THE OPENERS TO 
                CONSTRUCT A BIG INNINGS"


                                           
                        

        MS DHONI HAS BEEEN TRIED AS A NUMBER FOUR BATSMAN SEVERAL TIMES 

AND HAS BEEN A VERY SUCESSFUL PLAYER AT THAT POSITION BUT THAT WAS MOSTLY IN T20'S AND ALSO WHEN ROHIT SHARMA WAS THE SKIPPER OF THE T20 SQUAD VIRAT HAS'NT SEND HIM UP THE ORDER FREQUENTLY BUT NOW  HE IS 38 YEARS OLD SO MAYBE THE SELECTORS AND TEAM MANAGEMENT MAY OPT FOR A YOUNGER OPTION THAN HIM.

SOME OTHER OPTIONS WHO CAN BE CONSIDERED AS GOOD NUMBER 4 OPTIONS IN THE SIDE:

1) DINESH KARTHIK

DINESH KARTHIK IS AN EXPERIENCED  34 YEAR OLD BATSMAN WHO HAS'NT PLAYED AT THIS POSITION MUCH BUT HIS NAME HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS LIST JUST BECAUSE HE IS AN EXPERIENCED BATSMAN WHO CAN PLAY ACCORDING TO THE SITUATIONS BUT HIS RECENT STINT IN THE WORLD CUP 2019 WAS A BIG FAILURE BECAUSE HE WAS'NT ABLE TO PLAY A MEMORABLE INNINGS UP THE ORDER.

2)RISHABH PANT

RISHABH PANT AN ATTACKING WICKETKEEPER LEFT HANDED BATSMAN WHO IS 

MOST PROBABLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE REPLACEMENT OF MS DHONI  BECAUSE OF HIS ATTACKING CRICKET HE GOT ATTENTION WHEN HE SMACKED CENTURIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND IN THEIR HOME GROUNDS AND HIS INNINGS WAS QUITE FAST ALSO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A WICKET KEEPER HAS MADE CENTURIES AGAINST THESE TWO TEAMS SO EARLY IN HIS CAREER BUT WHAT ELSE 

HE HAS PLAYED AS A NUMBER 4 BATSMAN IN T20 SQUAD FOR INDIA BUT FAILED TO DELIVER BIG THEIR AND HIS SHOT SELECTION IS ALWAYS UNDER SCRUTINY EVEN BIG NAMES LIKE VVS LAXMAN HAS SAID THAT NUMBER 4 POSITION IS NOT FOR HIM ATLEAST IN T20'S HE PERFORMED SOMEWHAT WELL AT THIS POSITION IN ODI'S BUT WAS'NT CONSISTENT IN HIS PERFORMANCES.

3) SURESH RAINA

SURESH RAINA A 32 YEAR OLD LEFT HANDED BATSMAN AND ARGUABLY ONE OF THE FINEST T20 BATSMAN INDIA HAS AND HIS CHANCES OF COMING INTO THE ODI SIDE AS NUMBER 4 BATSMAN IS VERY LESS BUT HE MAY COME TO THE T20 SQUAD 

FOR THE WORLD CUP T20 IN 2020 AS HE HAS REQUESTED THE TEAM MANAGEMENT TO CONSIDER HIM AS AN OPTION FOR THE NUMBER 4 POSITION BECAUSE HE HAS BATTED THEIR IN THE PAST.

4) SHREYAS IYER

SHREYAS IYER A 24 YEAR OLD YOUNG BATSMAN WHO IS MOST PROBABLY INDIA'S NUMBER 4 POSITION BATSMAN IN ODI'S BECAUSE OF HIS AMAZING PERFORMANCES 

AT THIS POSITION AGAINST WEST INDIES HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE MOST SUITABLE FOR THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF HIS ADAPTABILITY TO ACCORDING TO THE SITUATIONS ALTHOUGH HE HAS'NT PERFORMED THAT WELL AT THIS POSITION IN

T20'S.

5) MANISH PANDEY

MANISH PANDEY A 30 YEAR OLD RIGHT HANDED BATSMAN HAS BEEN SELECTED IN THE SQUAD FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE OF HIS COMMENDABLE PERFORMANCES FOR INDIA A BUT FAILS TO PLAY WITH THAT INTEGRITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE BUT DUE TO THIS HE NEVER BOOKED A PERMANENT SEAT IN THE SQUAD BUT 

DUE TO HIS PERFORMANCES HE WILL KEEP A CHECK ON OTHER BATSMAN TO GET INTO THE TEAM.

6) LOKESH RAHUL

LOKESH RAHUL IS ALSO IN THE RACE OF ACQUIRING NUMBER 4 SPOT ALTHOUGH 

HE SAYS HE LIKES TO OPEN BUT WAS'NT ABLE TO DO MUCH WHEN HE GOT THE CHANCE OF OPENING IN THE WORLD CUP 2019 DUE TO THE INJURY OF SHIKHAR DHAWAN THE TEAM MANAGEMENT HAS SELECTED HIM TO PLAY AT NUMBER 4 SPOT BUT DID'NT GOT THE CHANCE TO PLAY AT THAT POSITION DUE TO DHAWAN'S INJURY, BUT HE CAN BE GOOD OPTION FOR THE NUMBER 4 POSITION IN BOTH T20'S AND ODI'S 

7) SURYAKUMAR YADAV

SURYAKUMAR YADAV A 29 YEAR OLD RIGHT HANDED BATSMAN WHO IS WAITING 

FOR HIS CHANCE TO BE IN THE NATIONAL SIDE BUT HIS CHANCES TO BE IN THE NATIONAL SIDE ARE VERY LESS BUT STILL HE IS IN THE RACE BECAUSE OF HIS CONTINUOUS GOOD PERFORMANCES IN DOMESTIC MATCHES AND EVEN SOME SENIOR PLAYERS LIKE HARBHAJAN SINGH HAS QUESTIONED THE SELECTORS THAT WHY THEY ARE NOT GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF.

INDIAN WICKETKEEPERS STRUGGLES

     

     

     

      "AFTER MS DHONI WHO?"

   

                                     

                                             

                       INDIA'S MOST SUCCESFULL  WICKET KEEPER  AND  THE BEST FINISHER                          OF ALL TIME IS NOW 38 YEARS OLD  YES ITS TIME FOR HIM TO SAY A                                FINAL GOODBYE TO INTERNATIONAL  CRICKET AFTER RETIRING FROM                            TEST CRICKET IN 2014 DHONI HAS MADE HIMSELF UN AVAILABLE FOR                               NUMEROUS UPCOMING SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, BANGLADESH                           ETC.. THE SELECTORS STILL HAS TO ANSWER THE MOST OBVIOUS                                    QUESTION THAT  WHO WILL FIT IN HIS SHOES AS THE FINISHER.

           MS DHONI MADE 17,266 INTERNATIONAL RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS 

          AND MADE 4,432 RUNS IN IPL HE STEPPED DOWN AS THE SKIPPER OF THE                        LIMITED OVERS FORMAT ON 4TH JANUARY 2017 AND RETIRED FROM TEST                      CRICKET IN 2014 HIS EXPERIENCE,TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE BEHIND THE                            STUMPS IS STILL  A LETHAL WEAPON THE TEAM HAS.BUT AFTER THE LOSS OF              2019 WORLD CUP INDIAN TEAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THIS EXPERIENCE                IN THE FORM OF DHONI. HE ALSO FACE CERTAIN UPS AND DOWNS IN THE                     CAREER WHEN HIS IPL TEAM (CHENNAI SUPER KINGS) GOT BANNED FOR 2                     YEARS DUE TO MATCH FIXING CHARGES DHONI HIMSELF SAID IT WAS HIS                     TOUGHEST TIME AS A CRICKETER AND NO BODY COULD FORGET HE BROUGHT 

          US 2 WORLD CUPS ONE IN 2007 AND IN 2011 AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM.

          HE IS REGARDED AS THE "CAPTAIN COOL" BECAUSE OF HIS CALMNESS IN                      MOST OF THE SITUATIONS.

     HERE IS THE LIST OF FEW WICKET KEEPERS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT        AFTER MS DHONI:

                                                           1) RISHABH PANT

 RISHABH PANT IS AN EXPLOSIVE 21 YEAR OLD WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN BROUGHT    AS THE REPLACEMENT OF MS DHONI  TO PLAY THE ROLE OF A FINISHER IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS.

RISHABH PANT HAS MADE 1,308 RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS AND MADE

1,736 RUNS IN IPL FOR DELHI CAPITALS HE WAS BROUGHT IN THE TEAM AS AN EXPLOSIVE WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN WHO CAN PLAY THE ROLE OF A FINISHER  BUT AFTER COMING TO THE TEAM  DESPITE OF MANY CHANCES HIS SHOT SELECTIONS AND PLAYING  LONG INNINGS HAD COME UNDER SEVERE QUESTIONING IS HE THE RIGHT CHOICE AS THE REPLACEMENT  OF MS DHONI

HE CAME TO THE TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES IN IPL HIS  MOST RECENT STINT WAS WHEN HE WAS SELECTED AS THE REPLACEMENT OF LEFT HANDED BATSMAN SHIKHAR DHAWAN BUT HE FAILED TO MAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT IN THE TOURNAMENT.

2) ISHAN KISHAN

ISHAN KISHAN IS AN ATTACKING 21 YEAR OLD  WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO IS ALSO IN THE LIST OF REPLACING THE POSITION OF MS DHONI AS A WICKET KEEPER 

HE ALSO LEAD THE INDIAN UNDER -19 TEAM IN WORLD CUP 2016.

THE LEFT HANDED OPENER FROM JHARKHAND HAS MADE HIS NAME THROUGH A ATTACKING BATSMAN.HE WAS'NT ABLE TO PLAY WELL  IN THE UNDER 19 WORLD BUT CAME BACK STRONGLY IN THE RANJI SEASON MAKING 799 RUNS THAT INCLUDED A CAREER BEST 273 AGAINST DELHI.HE GAINED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE PLATFORM THAT IPL HAS PROVIDED HIM HE IMPRESSED EVERYONE WITH HIS LOWER ORDER HITTING FOR GUJRAT LIONS IN 2017 AND HE ALSO PERFORMED WELL FOR MUMBAI INDIANS IN 2018,HIS MOST RECENT STINT WAS WHEN HE WAS SELECTED TO PLAY FOR INDIA A AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA A. 

3) SANJU SAMSON

SANJU SAMSON IS A TEMPERAMENTAL 24 YEAR OLD RIGHT HANDED WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO IS ALSO IN THE LIST TO BECOME DHONI'S SUCCESSOR BUT DESPITE OF HIS SOME EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES HE HAS'NT GOT THE CHANCE IN THE TEAM

SANJU SAMSON MADE HIS FIRST CLASS DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 17 FOR KERALA  AGAINST VIDARBHA HE WAS ALSO SENT TO UAE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN UNDER-19 WORLD CUP AND WAS THE TOP RUN GETTER FOR INDIA, CONSISTENT PERFORMANCES IN IPL FOR RAJASTHAN ROYALS MEANT,SAMSON WAS PICKED FOR THE ZIMBABWE TOUR IN 2015,HE ALSO PLAYED FOR DELHI DAREDEVILS IN 2016 AND BECAME THIRD HIGHEST RUN SCORER FOR HIS TEAM.HE WAS PICKED FOR THE INDIA A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND PLAYED A FEW HANDY KNOCKS WHICH HELPED THEM TO WIN THE QUADRANGULAR SERIES INVOLVING AUSTRALIA A,SOUTH AFRICA A AND NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SQUAD.SAMSON WAS CONSIDERED A FUTURE SUPERSTAR AND HIS IPL EXPLOITS EVEN SAW HIM RISE RAPIDLY IN THE PECKING ORDER TO BE MS DHONI'S SUCCESSOR.

4) WRIDDHIMAN SAHA

WRIDDHIMAN SAHA IS A 34 YEAR OLD WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO ACTUALLY REPLACED MS DHONI FROM THE TEST SIDE IN 2014 WHEN HE TOOK THE RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 2014 HE EVEN IMPRESSED EVERYONE WITH HIS QUICK REFLEXES AND MADE A REGULAR TEST WICKETKEEPER.

WRIDDHIMAN SAHA MADE 1,226 RUNS IN THE TEST SIDE AND ODI'S AS HE NEVER GOT A CHANCE IN THE T20 SIDE AFTER STAYING IN THE SIDELINES DESPITE OF SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES IN DOMESTIC FRONT DURING THE DHONI REVOLUTION HE WAS SUPRISINGLY PICKED UP IN THE TEST SIDE AS A RESERVED WICKETKEEPER IN 2010,IN 2014 WHEN DHONI GOT RETIRED FROM TEST CRICKET HE WAS THE SELECTORS FIRST CHOICE AS WICKETKEEPER DUE TO SOME AMAZING DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES AND ALSO IMPRESSED WITH HIS QUICK REFLEXES AND ACROBATIC WICKETKEEPING SKILLS,IN IPL HE WAS INITIALLY PICKED BY HIS HOME TEAM KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS BUT HE REMAINED IN THE SIDELINES FOR THE MAJORITY OF 3 SEASONS HE SPENT WITH THE TEAM HE FINALLY MADE A MARK IN 2014 WHEN HE WAS SIGNED BY KINGS XI PUNJAB AS A FIRST CHOICE WICKETKEEPER HE IMPRESSED EVERY ONE WITH HIS WICKETKEEPING SKILLS AND ALSO WITH HIS BATTING SKILLS  AND SMASHED 115 AGIANST HIS HOME FRANCHISE KKR , HE MADE 1,765 RUNS IN IPL. 

5) DINESH KARTHIK

DINESH KARTHIK IS AN EXPERIENCED 34 YEAR OLD WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN 

WHO'S NAME HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY SELECTED AS A RESERVED WICKETKEEPER IN PLACE OF MS DHONI IN THE SIDE BUT HE FAILED TO CONVERT THE CHANCES TO AMAZING PERFORMANCES.

DINESH KARTHIK MADE 3,176 RUNS ACROSS ALL THE FORMATS,HE HAS PERFORMED ADMIRABLY WELL BEHIND THE STUMPS AND AS WELL AS WITH THE BAT,HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN ODI SIDE AND TEST IN 2004 BUT FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPACT TO REPLACE MS DHONI IN THE SIDE,IN 2007 HE REPLACED SEHWAG AS AN OPENER IN TOUR OF ENGLAND HE ENDED THE TEST SERIES AS INDIA'S HIGHEST RUN GETTER  HANDING INDIA A BIG WIN HE DID REASONABLY WELL IN 2013 CHAMPIONS TROPHY SCORING 2 CENTURIES IN PRACTICE MATCHES AND ALSO PLAYED IN ASIA CUP 2014 WHEN MS DHONI WAS PULLED OUT OF THE TEAM DINESH KARTHIK'S MOST MEMORABLE KNOCK CAME IN THE FINAL OF NIDAHAS TROPHY WHERE HE SCORED 29 RUNS OF 8 BALLS AND LED THE TEAM TO VICTORY AGAINST BANGLADESH IN FINAL HE WAS RECENTLY SELECTED IN 2019 WORLDCUP SQUAD BUT FAILED TO MAKE A COMMENDABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM.IN IPL ALSO HE FAILED TO PERFORM A REMEBERABLE INNINGS AS HE WAS SIGNED BY DIFFERENT FRANCHISES EVERY YEAR BUT GOOD NEWS CAME TO HIM WHEN HE WAS SIGNED BY KKR AS THIEIR CAPTAIN AND PLAYED FEW HANDY KNOCKS DOWN THE ORDER,HOWEVER KKR FAILED TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALS,HE MADE 3,654 RUNS IN IPL.  

6) PARTHIV PATEL

PARTHIV PATEL IS AN EXPERIENCED 34 YEAR OLD WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN  ALTHOUGH IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO RETURN IN THE SHORTER FORMATS BUT AS AN EXPERIENCED WICKETKEEPER HE CAN MAKE A RETURN TO THE TEST TEAM.

PARTHIV PATEL MADE 1,706 RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS

IN THE EARLY 2000'S WHEN INDIAN CRICKET WAS SEARCHING FOR A LONG TERM WICKET KEEPER ,SOURAV GANGULY & CO. SCOUTED 17 YEAR OLD BABY FACED PARTHIV PATEL WHO LOOKED LESS THAN 15 AND ENTRUSTED HIM AS WICKETKEEPER IN TEST SIDE AND MADE DEBUT AGAINST ENGLAND IN 2002 AND ALSO PLAYED IN 2003 WORLD CUP PARTHIV GOT AXED FROM THE TEST SIDE DUE TO HIS INCONSISTENCY AND IT WAS THE TIME WHEN DHONI WAS PERFORMING ADMIRABLY WELL EVEN AFTER DHONI' RETIREMENT IN 2014 SAHA WAS NAMED AS THE REPLACEMENT, HE CAME BACK TO THE SIDE WHEN SAHA GOT INJURED  AND PLAYED SOME HANDY KNOCKS BUT UNDER KOHLI CAPTAINCY ALSO HE WAS FADED AWAY. HE PLAYED FOR CSK IN HIS INITIAL DAYS BUT HIS PERFORMANCE CAME OUT AS AN OPENER FOR MUMBAI INDIANS AND RCB IN 2017 AND 2018 RESPECTIVELY,HE MADE 2,848 RUNS IN IPL.

  

KL RAHUL IS THE NEW NAME IN THE LIST OF INDIAS FIND OF THE WICKETKEEPERS ALTHOUGH THE KARNATKA ORIGIN BATSMAN IS NOT A REGULAR WICKETKEEPER  BUT HAD KEEP THE WICKETS IN THE PAST FOR HIS RANJI TEAM AND IN IPL

HE WAS TRIED AS A WICKETKEEPER BY INDIAN TEAM SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI DUE TO REGULAR FAILURES OF INDIAS FIRST CHOICE WICKETKEEPER RISHABH PANT