NEW DELHI: Former India pacer Zaheer Khan has expressed concerns over head coach Gautam Gambhir's flexible approach in white-ball cricket, cautioning that it could lead to uncertainty among players. Zaheer's remarks come amid India's frequent experimentation with batting positions in the ongoing limited-overs series against England.
India have shuffled their opening combinations and No. 3 batter in almost every match. While the T20I opening duo of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma remained constant, the ODI setup has seen frequent changes. In the first ODI, Yashasvi Jaiswal partnered Rohit Sharma at the top, a move later clarified by Shreyas Iyer as a pre-planned strategy rather than a necessity due to Virat Kohli's unavailability. However, with Kohli's return for the second ODI, Jaiswal was dropped, and Shubman Gill was promoted to open alongside Rohit.
