Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has cautioned the side over the changes in batting order during the first ODI against Australia.
Almost 87 per cent of Kohli's total runs and 84 per cent of his total ODI centuries have been scored at No.3 at a staggering average of 63.39. Should he still bat at No.4?
The 25-year-old is gradually settling into the critical number four position in a team that has struggled to find one for the longest time.
During the 47th over of the innings, Pant and Iyer took the charge over Roston Chase to slam 31 runs from it, courtsey four massive sixes from the right-handed batsman.
India might have lost the match, by eight wickets in Chennai, but that middle-order stand between the two youngsters after a top-order failure was surely a big positive for the management.
Shimron Hetmyer ended with a record-scripting 139 runs while being ably assisted by another centurion, Shai Hope as the pair stitched an impressive 200-plus partnership to guide West Indies to an eight-wicket win in Chennai
Former India captain Anil Kumble said that India should stick to Shreyas Iyer at No.4 in ODIs as he is a quality batsman.
Kevin Pietersen has advised Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer to focus on his off-side batting in the nets.
Iyer made his India debut in November 2017 with a T20 International against New Zealand and in the following month, played in his maiden ODI series, scoring back-to-back half centuries in the home rubber against Sri Lanka.
Ability to build, impeccable timing, strong footwork and a calm head - Shreyas Iyer has shown all signs to seal the number 4 spot in the Indian middle order.
Iyer will have to be one of the "finishers" in case team's top two batsmen skipper Virat Kohli and deputy Rohit Sharma are dismissed cheaply.
In the challenge, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul were asked to compete for 30 seconds and whosoever performs the maximum number of times would win it.
Shreyas then said that Dube hits the bigger sixes between the two. Chahal then asked Dube if his sixes are bigger than his own, which brought a laugh from the left-hander.
Ravi Shastri gave a cheeky answer to the question, which never goes away: 'Who should be India's next No.4 in limited-overs cricket?'
The Vijay Hazare Trophy kickstarts today as a number of Team India regulars, including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal will be in action.
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer nearly walked in together on the pitch for the 4th spot after Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed, and skipper Virat Kohli called it a 'miscommunication'.
Shreyas Iyer shared a snap from their session with a captain - "Caption is above us" with the wall reading - "Sports do not build character, they reveal it."
Iyer was preferred over Rahul in the three ODIs against the West Indies and he grabbed the opportunity with both hands by scoring two half-centuries in the two games he played.
Rising talent Shubman Gill is there in both Pandey's and Iyer's teams and so are Vijay Shankar, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and Nitish Rana.
Team India's head coach Ravi Shastri, who was awarded a second stint with the side earlier this week, confirmed India's new number four in ODIs.
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