Chetan Narula identifies an area where the Indian national team are falling behind as they seek to build an all-conquering squad in the limited-overs game

Searching for form: Yuvraj Singh, top, and Ajinka Rahane

Yuvraj Singh. Manish Pandey. Kedar Jadhav. Hardik Pandya. Virat Kohli. MS Dhoni. KL Rahul. Dinesh Karthik. Shreyas Iyer. Ajinkya Rahane. Ambati Rayudu. Vijay Shankar.
These 12 batsmen have batted in the middle-order for India since the 2017 Champions Troph, and at some point or another, all of them trialled for the vital number four spot. That’s 59 matches; in varying...