Last Update on: February 27th, 2023 at 08:11 am
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli made the number three position his own in ODI and T20I cricket for over a decade. 2014 to 2019 were the golden years when he scored runs for fun across formats for India and brought the team a lot of success.
He faced a dip in form between 2020 and 2021 made him face a lot of criticism. He stepped down from captaincy across formats during this period in his career and also lost the WTC final against New Zealand.
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Since the 2022 Asia Cup, Kohli has started scoring runs once again. In the space of six months, he has scored three ODI tons and a T20I ton as well and made the world take notice of his comeback.
The 2023 ODI World Cup will be an important tournament for him. How he fares in the tournament will script his future in international cricket. The man with over 25000 international runs is under the pump at the moment and needs to perform to come out of it.
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Meanwhile, Kohli is out of the T20I side at the moment after having scored the most runs in the recently concluded T20 World Cup. In this article, we take a look at five better number three options India can look forward to in the future.
5 Better Number 3 Batsmen Than Virat Kohli Who Deserve A Place In Indian Cricket Team
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer is India’s first-choice number three whenever Kohli is not a part of the playing XI. He is a good player against spin and can anchor the innings as well when required. The management has invested heavily on him in the last couple of years, Iyer had a good 2022 in ODIs where he scored 724 runs in 17 ODIs averaging over 55. He is one of the five number three long-time number three options for India in the future.
