Asia Cup: Don't fiddle with someone's form, says Gautam Gambhir as he wants Suryakumar Yadav to play at No.3

World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir has suggested that India should be playing Suryakumar Yadav at No.3, saying that the team shouldn't be fiddling with someone who is in good form.

World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir has suggested that Suryakumar Yadav should be batting at No.3 for India in T20Is, saying that you don't fiddle with someone's good form.

Yadav has been one of the most consistent players for India in the shortest format of the game and scored a magnificent hundred during the tour of England.

With a lot of discussion around India's batting lineup heading into this year's World Cup, Styris and Gambhir agreed that Yadav should be batting at the No.3 spot.

Speaking on Star Sports ahead of the Hong Kong clash, Styris said he doesn't mind the idea as the 31-year-old has owned the position for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and he knows the role.

"I don't mind that. It is really tough to fit everyone into this batting order. I have always been a believer in really perfecting roles. Yes, as an opener, you walk up and face the first ball every single time. But finding players who bat at three or four, that closing role that we have seen is so difficult to fill in the IPL. That's what Hardik Pandya and the likes of Kieron Pollard have done for years. But finding those specific players, something that Dinesh Karthik has been tasked with with India. So, the reason I don't mind that is because Suryakumar Yadav, I think, has owned that No.3 position for Mumbai Indians and done it really well. It's an area he has succeeded with India and he knows the role. That's why I don't mind it," said Styris.

Gambhir explained his reason behind the thinking of having Yadav in the No.3 spot and said that you don't fiddle with someone's form to get another player in good touch. He praised the 31-year-old's efforts in England and the West Indies and said the right-handed batter should be coming at No.3 from now until the World Cup.