Manjrekar highlighted the growing trend of prioritizing iconic players’ return to form over maintaining a stable lineup, and he feels India's trend has been disrupting the team dynamics. The former Indian batter’s remarks came after Team India’s couple of changes backfired in the must-win fourth Test against Australia.
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The batting order shuffle didn’t yield the result they expected, as Rohit was dismissed cheaply for 3 runs while KL Rahul could make only 24 runs against Australia in the ongoing fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Melbourne. Apart from these changes, India also played an additional spin all-rounder, Washington Sundar, for which they dropped Shubman Gill.
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"We make all kinds of adjustments to give the best kind of platform or opportunity for the iconic players. A situation where KL Rahul has been the best opener for both sides, the most consistent batter for India—he is being displaced from his position, batting at No. 3, so that Rohit Sharma is given an opportunity to get into form.”
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Manjrekar signed off by saying, “KL Rahul has been so good at that position. It's not easy opening in Australia. Jaiswal and KL Rahul had a record partnership for India in Australia, but India was quite happy to break that partnership to allow a big-name player to succeed. In Australia, when you have found an opener who has looked the part, pushing him down to number 3 to get a woefully out-of-form big-name player to open, I thought was just a poor call.”
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