With Rahul moving up, Shankar tipped to be No. 4

NOTTINGHAM: The climate has affected a number of video games at the ongoing World Cup and has cast a shadow over the India-New Zealand World Cup game, coming up right here on Thursday. Does the dangerous climate result in distraction among players? No, feels India assistant trainer Sanjay Bangar.

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"Generally, when you come to England, you expect these things, you're bound to get a few days where the weather is going to play a role. But from our point of view… we've been lucky that we haven't had a game affected by the weather. So, let's keep our fingers crossed (for Thursday)," Bangar said on Wednesday.

He additionally felt that for the reason that Indian batsmen were in just right form, they may have enough money to pass over apply from time to time. "It isn't necessary that you come to the nets every day. At times, if you miss practice because of weather or something, that's still fine."

With KL Rahul set to replace Shikhar Dhawan at the peak of the order, the debate over the No.4 position has once more began. So, who will bat in that slot? "There are various options the team management has going into the next game. Obviously, Vijay Shankar is going to be an option, and there are a couple of others as well."

Rahul performed at No.4 within the first fit against South Africa, while Hardik Pandya was promoted as much as bat in that position as India appeared to boost up against Australia. MS Dhoni may be an choice the workforce has.

Bangar said that Rahul may not face a lot of a challenge in opening the batting with Sharma. "The advantages of taking part in in quite a lot of situations is that the game a lot better. If you're a top-order batsman and batting within the middle order, then you definately get to understand the demanding situations faced by the center order. If you look around the historical past of the game, there were flexible players. Like Rahul Dravid who batted at quite a lot of positions and it helped the workforce giant time.

"It's a mental adjustment, and any player who is in a position to do that requires numerous ability, but ultimately it'll improve his position."

Updating the media on Shikhar Dhawan's harm, Bangar said the workforce could be watching him for around 10 to 12 days. "Then, we will get to understand the place he stands, and we will be in a better position to take a decision because we don't need to rule out a treasured player like Shikhar."

India were the closing to play their first game within the World Cup - on June 5 against South Africa - and this gave the workforce a distinct advantage. "We spent numerous time earlier than our first fit, and that was a bonus. What's lucky is that everyone has were given to bat and bowl. From a batting point of view, all the six batsmen excluding Kedar have had a possibility to go and bat within the middle, and every of them has executed in point of fact well in their roles."

Bangar, a decent slow-medium bowler in his taking part in days, denied that the Kookaburra balls were not getting any movement in World Cup matches. "There's always something within the wicket that you'll't in point of fact see. Okay, it is not swinging that a lot, but the ball is seaming, as you saw within the closing game (against Australia). Bhuvneshwar Kumar were given those overdue wickets and the ball seamed moderately a bit. The stipulations are always challenging right here in England."

The workforce control showed that Rishabh Pant might be with the workforce in Manchester as a standby as a cover for Dhawan who will proceed to be a part of the squad. Pant will teach with the workforce but may not be a part of the dressing room, nor will he travel within the workforce bus.