“No such thing as an anchor”: Tom Moody slams S Sreesanth on live TV over Virat Kohli’s role. cricket news

As soon as Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and Board of Control for Cricket in India selection committee head Ajit Agarkar reached the board’s headquarters for the T20 World Cup press conference, the conversation on the rights and wrongs of the Indian team intensified. The non-selection of top players like Rinku Singh and Shubman Gill was one of the hot topics, so was Virat Kohli’s strike-rate in the shortest format that was also debated. In the pre-press conference show, former Australian cricketer Tom Moody and former Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth also expressed their views on various topics.

One of the talking points was definitely Kohli’s role in the T20 World Cup, with Sreesanth suggesting that the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman could play at the No. 3 position and play an anchor role.

“He is looking forward to going out there and enjoying. Virat should bat at No. 3 because he can come in at any time and play the anchor role,” he said on Star Sports.

However, Moody quickly intervened and corrected Sreesanth’s statement by suggesting that there is no ‘anchor’ in T20 cricket.

“The term is wrong. There is no such thing as anchor in T20. He (Virat) needs to dictate the conditions. He has many gears. He needs to work on them. He is smart and experienced enough to “Can coordinate between 11 and 11.” “Beyond the required rate or more than 9,” Moody’s stressed.

In IPL 2024, Kohli plays the opening batsman for RCB, batting alongside captain Faf du Plessis. However, the experienced batsman is unlikely to get the same role in the Indian team for the showpiece event starting next month.

Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have emerged as the top choices for the starting spot, also giving the Indian team a left-handed, right-handed combination. However, with no third opener, the possibility of Virat opening in the latter stages of the game cannot be ruled out.