India, Feb. 23 -- Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar firmly believes in having the left-right combination in the middle. He backed Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir's strategy of having Axar Patel at No.5 ahead of KL Rahul. In the last few ODIs, beginning with the series against England, India have opted to have a right-left combination in the middle, and this tactic has resulted in KL Rahul dropping to No.6.

In the Champions Trophy fixture against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium, Axar Patel came at No.5. However, he failed to get going as he scored eight runs.

In the end, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill took India over the line with six wickets in hand and 21 balls to spare. Rahul remained unbeaten on 41.

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