Virat Kohli has been backed to take the No. 3 spot for the Perth Test against Australia due to Shubman Gill’s injury.
The absence of captain Rohit Sharma and batter Shubman Gill has thrown open a challenge for the Indian team management ahead of the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. India don’t just need to find another opener to bat alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal but also a No. 3 batter to replace the injured Gill. While the names of KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal have been reported for the two spots, India’s 1983 World Cup-winning star Kirti Azad feels head coach Gautam Gambhir should play Virat Kohli at the No. 3 spot.
Kohli has batted at the No. 3 spot across the three formats for India during the course of his illustrious career. However, he has made the No. 4 spot his own for a while now. But, with Gill absent, Azad feels Kohli is the batter best suited for the one-down position