“Can’t Be Batting At No.4”: Sanjay Manjrekar Suggests New Batting Position For Devdutt Padikkal | Cricket News

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels that Devdutt Padikkal shouldn’t be despatched on the quantity 4 place. Padikkal fared effectively as an opener in IPL, however the change in his batting place of late has seen him fail in making noticeable contributions. As the previous Royal Challengers Bangalore opener continues to battle with consistency in his present crew Rajasthan Royals, Manjrekar has recommended that he ought to be despatched on the quantity 3 place and RR skipper Sanju Samson ought to take the 4th spot.

“The ideal batting order for RR would be if they want to keep backing Devdutt Padikkal, then he can’t be batting at No.4 because it is tough for somebody who opens the innings to find form batting at No.4. There is Sanju Samson who could make the sacrifice and bat at No.4, which he has done in the past and is a good enough player to do that,” Manjrekar stated on ESPNcricinfo.

In RR’s 72-run win of their IPL 2023 marketing campaign opener, Padikkal scored solely 2 runs off 5 balls, whereas the second match noticed him scoring 21 runs off 26 balls. Notably, he had are available to bat on the fifth place within the second recreation, whereas Samson got here earlier than him.

While Padikkal did not play a key innings for his crew of their second recreation, RR misplaced the match to Punjab Kings by a slim margin of 5 runs.

The southpaw did attempt his finest to up the ante, however he finally ended with a strike price of 80.77 and elevated his crew’s bother.