IND vs AUS: Robin Uthappa Backs Deepak Hooda, Says Competitors Between Him And Rishabh Pant For No.5 Spot

Talking on Cricinfo’s T20 Timeout, Uthappa stated that the No.5 spot is a toss-up between Rishabh Pant and Hooda for the time being. Uthappa additionally felt that the 27-year-old is batting higher for the time being and goes via a superb patch for the time being.

Robin Uthappa urges group administration to maintain Deepak Hooda within the spanner

“I might say that No.5 place is between Rishabh and Hooda. The one factor is, Hooda is batting higher for the time being and he can give you one thing with the ball like he did towards Afghanistan. It took him one ball to point out he can contribute with the ball. Uska acha time chal raha hain (He’s going via a superb patch), you realize, profit from it,” stated Uthappa.

Uthappa additionally spoke about India’s document with Hooda within the group. He urged the group administration to take a look at how he’s performing for the time being and may maintain the 27-year-old as a middle-order batter and have Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik are available at No.6 and No.7 respectively.

“Within the 18 matches that he has performed for India, India has gained 16 of them. He has solely misplaced two video games and people are the final two matches. Issues are getting into his favour proper now and they need to contemplate the truth that they’re batting so effectively. And he’s a center order batter, so maintain him within the center order and at No.5 and at No. 6 and No. 7 you may have Hardik and Dinesh after which you may have the bowlers,” stated Uthappa.