India are sticking to their strategy of keeping a flexible batting order in which everyone, apart from the openers, can bat anywhere. In the Super Four clash of the Asia Cup with Bangladesh, the shuffling of batting order almost backfired after India slipped from 72/0 in 6 overs to 168/6 in 20 overs.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill had laid the foundation for a big total at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. However, once Gill departed, instead of Suryakumar Yadav or Tilak Varma or even Sanju Samson, in walked Shivam Dube who has usually batted in the middle or lower middle order.

Dube holed out on 2. Strangely, Samson, who has been demoted to the middle-order since Gill’s return to the T20I team, didn’t bat even though India sent Axar Patel – a bowling allrounder – ahead of the w

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