3 Reasons why Virat Kohli shouldn't bat at No. 4 in the World Cup

#1 Record at No. 3 and why dislodge a fabulous top three?

India's top three is ruthless in ODIs

Virat Kohli is arguably the best No. 3 batsman in the world at the moment. In 162 innings Kohli has batted at No. 3, he has amassed 8440 runs at a stunning average of 62.98. He has 32 ODI hundreds at that position which is more than any player in the history of the game batting at that No. 3 spot. He doesn’t have a bad record at No. 4 as well but he is arguably the best white-ball player of this era and he’s accomplished all this batting largely at No. 3.

Another argument is that why would should India tamper with the top three who have been dominating world cricket in the last few years. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Shikhar Dhawan have combined to score more than 9000 ODI runs since the start of 2016. All three of them feature in the top five run-getters list since January 2016. In fact, India have been heavily dependent on their top three to get the bulk of the runs and they’ve constantly delivered.

Kohli has a wonderful record batting with both Rohit and Dhawan. The Indian skipper averages 65.35 batting with Rohit (which includes 16 century partnerships) while he averages 62.72 batting with Dhawan (which includes 8 century stands). Thus, India’s current top three is one of the best in the world and you want your best players to bat at their best positions in a big event like a World Cup.