Team India is complete well-balanced squad comparing with the world. But still, Number 4 is still vacant for team India. Since then, Yuvraj's runs desiccated up, Dinesh Karthik could not score big in the West Indies, KL Rahul was unable to convert his chances in Sri Lanka and the problem of No. 4, that now looks as old as Yuvraj, has returned. That India has used as many as 11 batsmen at No. 4, more than any other team since the 2015 World Cup suggests how desperately the selectors are looking for the reserves in search of a solid batsman. While doing that, the spotlight has shifted on Manish Pandey, who has shown immense promise in the domestic circuit, IPL matches and the international matches he has featured in so far.

Manish Pandey has also played three innings at No. 4 for India this year with scoring 36*, 0 and 3 which is not impressive record as it suggested but he deserves a longer rope for the kind of excitement he has shown. It was only last year in Sydney that he smashed an unbeaten 104 in a tough chase of 331 after Virat Kohli had out for 8 runs. It was Pandey's maiden ODI hundred and gave India a batsman who could effectively connect the top order with the finishers.

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