Asia Cup 2023: Indian top order will have to do special work in the first 10 overs, former veteran gave important advice

 

Former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar has given important advice to Team India regarding Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023. Manjrekar has said that in both these tournaments, the team's top-order batsmen will have to play with more responsibility and respect the conditions and bowlers in the first 10 overs.

India will begin their campaign in the Asia Cup against their arch-rivals Pakistan on 2 September. At the same time, India will play its first match in the World Cup against Australia on October 8 in Chennai.

If India don't lose wickets in first 10 overs, it's difficult to beat them - Sanjay Manjrekar

Speaking to Star Sports, Manjrekar highlighted India's approach to play in the upcoming ODI tournament and the importance of the first 10 overs. They said,

See India's luck is that they have players at number 1, 2 and 3 who are very good Test batsmen. You can talk about it being an ODI match and white ball cricket and so on but a 50 over match doesn't start out like a T20 match. I think some serious Test cricket skills will be required, And then Rohit Sharma had scored five centuries in the last World Cup. I remember he respected the bowling in the first 10 overs. And these three guys, Gill, Rohit Sharma and Virat, who are known to be famous defensive Test batsmen, they will have to adopt the same game. If they do not lose early wickets, it will be difficult to beat them.

Let us tell you that in the Asia Cup played in T20 format last year, the Indian team could not even make it to the finals and was out of the tournament after the Super 4 round. Sri Lanka surprised everyone and won the title by defeating Pakistan in the final match.