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If Rohit, Rahul and Kohli occupy the top three spots, and if Suryakumar, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are automatic picks in the middle order, it leaves just one more batting slot open.
When West Indies and England reached the final of the T20 World Cup in 2016, they seemed to set in place a template for all teams to follow: uninhibited hitting from start to finish, facilitated by genuine batting depth. The final featured a smorgasbord of all-round talent: Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and David Willey on one side; Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Daren Sammy and Carlos Brathwaite on the other.
Karthik Krishnaswamy is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo