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Mumbai, Sep 7: <\/strong> India's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh on Friday took a fun dig at India's nagging No. 4 woes after Harbhajan Singh threw his weight behind Sanju Samson to bat in that position in One Day International matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Samson smashed a 48-ball 91 in India A's 36-run victory over South Africa A, batting at No. 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Why not Sanju Samson at number 4 in odi.. with good technique and good head on his shoulders.. well played today anyways against SA A," Harbhajan said in a tweet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Replying to his long time former teammate, Yuvraj said: "Top order is very strong bro they don't need no. 4 batsman." He followed it up with a laughing emoticon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Iyer batted at number five during the recently-concluded ODI series in the West Indies and scored 71 and 65 in the two innings he played and impressed both head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

At the World Cup earlier this year, India struggled to find their right No. 4 batsman as both K.L. Rahul and Vijay Shankar failed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While in Tests, India don't have the problem of who will bat at No.4 with Kohli making the position his own, the opening slots have been a worry for quite some time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With Prithvi Shaw suspended, India went with just two openers -- K.L. Rahul and Mayank Agarwal -- for the two-Test series in against the Windies. While Agarwal did seem to be in control, Rahul didn't play any substantial knock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rahul managed scores of 44, 38, 13 and 6 in four innings in the Caribbean islands; he wasted opportunities to convert starts in the first Test in Antigua and didn't get starts in the next game in Jamaica. He hasn't managed a 50+ score since his 149 against England at the Oval 12 innings back.
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