Yuvraj Singh, the Man of the Tournament in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011, said that India failed to plan well for the No.4 position going into the 2019 edition of the flagship one-day tournament.
The No.4 position in ODIs had been one of the most hotly-debated issues in Indian cricket before the tournament, with a number of candidates auditioning for the role. However, though they played some outstanding cricket before crashing out after defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final, India never managed to settle the No.4 issue. They began with KL Rahul there, before he had to move up to open with Rohit Sharma once Shikhar Dhawan got injured. Vijay Shankar replaced Rahul at No.4, before him, too, picked up an injury, after which Rishabh Pant took up the spot.
