IPL 2024 will reportedly begin on March 22. The official schedule for this year’s IPL has not been released yet, but multiple sources have stated that the tournament will happen in India. The BCCI is reportedly waiting for the announcement of the General Election dates so that the matches can happen smoothly across the country.
Speaking of IPL 2024, all teams would have a great idea about their playing XI and combinations now that they have played one season under the Impact Player rule. IPL teams tend to get the best out of the available resources, which even pushes them to use genuine players of one category in another role. Here are four genuine openers who can be used as finishers this season.
1. Rohit Sharma can get a new role in IPL 2024
Hardik Pandya has replaced Rohit Sharma as MI captain. Considering that Sharma’s form as an opener has not been good in recent IPL seasons, Hardik can even move him down the order, where he has achieved enormous success for both Deccan Chargers and Team India in the past.
2. Matthew Wade can play as a finisher in IPL 2024
With Hardik Pandya out of the team, Gujarat Titans will need an experienced name in the middle-order. Perhaps, they can use David Miller up the order and insert Matthew Wade as a finisher because of his heroics for Australia in the past.
3. Quinton de Kock
With Kyle Mayers performing well as an opener, Lucknow Super Giants had to bench Quinton de Kock for many matches in IPL 2023. They can use de Kock more in 2024 if they prefer to give him a position in the middle-order as a finisher.
4. Saurav Chauhan
Uncapped wicketkeeper batter Saurav Chauhan is a new addition to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He smashed a 13-ball 50 as an opener for Gujarat in domestic cricket. However, RCB have many quality opening options. If the management wants, they can try out Saurav as a finisher.
