New Delhi: Former player Vikram Rathore, who replaced Sanjay Bangar as the new batting coach of Team India, has started highlighting the shortcomings of the team. His tenure will begin with the upcoming series against South Africa. Their main concern is the middle-order performance in ODIs. His tenure starts on Thursday and the first major challenge will be the domestic T20 and Test series against South Africa starting on 15 September.
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Vikram Rathore told the official website of BCCI, 'The middle order is not doing so well in ODIs and we should definitely tackle it. At the same time, one thing of concern is the participation of the openers in the Test. We have options and there is a lot of healthy competition in it. We need to find a way for them to be more continuous.
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He told that Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey look good options for the 50-over format. He said, 'Shreyas Iyer has done very well in the last two matches and we also have Manish Pandey. Both these players have done well in domestic cricket and with India. He is such a batsman who is capable of doing his job well and there is no doubt about it. Explain that there was a lot of controversy at the time of Rathore's appointment as he was also accused of conflict of interest which was later dropped. Rathore has played six Tests and seven ODIs for India. He has a good rapport with the current players of the team.