3 Indian cricketers who need to be tried out before the ICC World T20 next year

#2 Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Agarwal

Last season, Mayank Agarwal was finally rewarded for his astonishing domestic performances when he was handed his India Test cap in the Boxing Day Test against Australia at Melbourne.

Subsequently, the opener has established himself as a vital cog at the top of the Indian order and has looked well-equipped to handle whatever the bowlers have had to throw at him.

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More recently though, he has taken his game up a notch; a fact emphasised by his stupendous showings against South Africa. Inevitably, several across the Indian cricketing circuit have felt that Mayank is just too good a player to not be involved across all formats.

Thus, the T20 door could open for the opener due to a combination of him coming off age and Dhawan looking shaky in the shortest format.

Though the Delhi left-hander and Rohit Sharma have formed a brilliant partnership at the top of the order in white-ball cricket, the former seems to have lost his touch just a tad in T20 cricket, meaning that the scoring onus has shifted onto the latter quite frequently.

However, that could change with the arrival of Mayank as he could act as the perfect foil for Rohit. Agarwal could take care of the scoring rate early and that would accord Rohit the adequate time to get settled before unfurling the extravagant shots.

Moreover, the Kings XI Punjab batsman is a much better fielder than Shikhar, thereby adding another string to his bow, considering India’s increased emphasis on that part of the game.

Hence, the time seems ripe to provide the Karnataka opener with the platform to showcase his white-ball pedigree.