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<\/p>\r\n\r\nIndian batting is in a spot of bother after the loss against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener. The match saw the openers getting out inside the powerplay, Virat Kohli hitting a 49-ball-57, and India failing to finish the innings well. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Although, there's no such concern of openers - KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma - but India's finishing needs a bit of rethinking. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hardik Pandya is playing as a specialist batter and is being backed as a finisher, and rightly so. He strikes at 188.24 in the death overs across T20s; a ball per boundary of 3.74. Lately, he hasn't been middling the ball consistently. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pandya not hitting the ball well makes it tough for India to score freely in the death overs. One of the major reasons why India needs a finisher badly is because they leave too much for the final overs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
India begin a T20I innings at a run rate of 7.89 and slow down in the middle overs at a rate of 7.87. The conservative approach makes it a lot of catching up to do in the final overs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
During the middle overs, Virat Kohli is mostly batting. The Indian captain has a strike rate of 129.23 during that phase; he hits a boundary after more than seven balls. In powerplay, he is even slower - 118.4 strike rate. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Contrary to this, Kohli has the sixth best strike around the globe while batting in the death overs(minimum 30 innings)- 202.03. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Although India are not expected to do this but giving Kohli the job of a finisher in the next few matches could be worth a shot, given India's finishing woes. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
And replacing him at the top could be Ishan Kishan, who did a brilliant job in the last two innings he has played in T20 cricket. Kishan strikes at 131.98 in the powerplay and 135.82 during the middle overs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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A reliable batter in the end would mean India's top order will play more freely and Kohli not batting in most of the middle overs will be a blessing in disguise for India. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indians should play with this batting order to give themselves a better chance of scoring a high score: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy<\/p>\r\n\r\n