Ireland vs India 2018: 5 takeaways from the T20I series

#4 Experimentation might not always work

Kohli scored a combined nine runs in the two games

Before the series began and after the first game, Virat Kohli said that the side will be experimenting with the middle-order. The move was best characterized when Kohli walked out to bat at No.6 in the first game, and fell for a duck, trying to slog in the final overs.

Rohit Sharma, shifted down to accommodate KL Rahul as an opener, could not fire at No.4,

What the rejigged batting order taught us is that Rahul will have to be squeezed into the playing XI, and that Suresh Raina is a crucial entity to have at No.3, at least in T20Is. Although he did not play the second game, pushing MS Dhoni up the order is something that the management might consciously try out later.

KL Rahul's form could force the selectors to give him a place in the middle-order, which is already jam-packed.