5 Players who can replace Rohit Sharma at the 2023 World Cup

4. Mayank Agarwal

If someone’s idol is Virender Sehwag, one thing is guaranteed that the player would be aggressive and would have ‘see ball, hit ball’ written on his bedroom wall. Mayank Agarwal is definitely one of those who likes to live by the sword and perishes by it.

He broke all kinds of records in the 2017-18 Ranji season, plundering over 1000 runs. An injury to Prithivi Shaw and KL Rahul’s poor form meant Agarwal made his Test debut against Australia at the mighty MCG and impressed everyone. He scored a gutsy 77 on a tough pitch against perhaps the best bowling line-up in the world comprising of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

He was called up as a replacement for Vijay Shankar in the 2019 World Cup but didn’t get a game because of Rohit and Rahul’s tremendous from. He is definitely someone India would be looking closely at for the opening slot and given his batting style, it shouldn’t be a tough decision for the selectors to rope him in the side as soon as possible.