Birmingham: India are one of the “stand-out” teams of this World Cup but Virat Kohli and Co will have to strengthen their lower order batting going into the knockout stage of the tournament, feels West Indies legend Clive Lloyd.
India are poised to enter the semi-finals as they are currently in the second spot in the 10-team standings with 11 points from seven matches. The table is led by five-time champions Australia, who already through with 14 points. The two-time former champions have been over-reliant on opener Rohit Sharma and skipper Kohli after the middle-order, which includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have struggled so far in the tournament. In fact, India needed 71 from the last five overs to win against England but they could only manage 39, despite the presence of Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav at the crease. India Tuesday dropped Kedar and Kuldeep Yadav, bringing in Dinesh Karthik and Bhuvneshwar Kumar against Bangladesh.
“India have a selection dilemma. England played the right kind of game against them and they need to strengthen their batting lower down the order,” Lloyd said. (PTI)
