If you see Virat Kohli walking out to open the batting with captain Rohit Sharma in the T20 World Cup, which is going to be held in June, In the USA and West Indies, don’t get surprised. The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar are anxious to have the premium batsman of team India, Virat Kohli as the opening batter of captain Rohit Sharma for the T20 World Cup. According to the reports there are lot of chances of Kohli as the opener as this was discussed in the last week meeting which was held in Mumbai where captain Rohit along with Head Coach Rahul Dravid and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar were present.
There has been a lot of doubt about the spot of Kohli in the T20 World Cup squad for Team India, which is going to be announced soon, but all the doubts have reportedly been put to rest. The place of Kohli in the T20 side was not certain when Rohit, Dravid, and the selectors mate after the ODI World Cup last year, but since then, a lot of things have changed.
Kohli had made himself available for the Afghanistan home series, where he and Rohit Sharma returned to the T20 for the first time in nearly 2 years. He batted at his preferred number 3 slot in the first two matches that he played, with Yashasvi Jaiswal opening the batting with captain Rohit Sharma. But in the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup, things might change.
The report added that Kohli wanted clarity from the selection committee about his place in the T20 World Cup and came up with the opening act.
For the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the last few seasons of the Indian Premier League, Kohli has been opening regularly. Currently, he is the orange cap holder with 300 runs to his name in 7 matches at a strike rate of 147. He has already smashed centuries in the tournament.
It is not like Kohli has not done it in international cricket; in fact, he started his international career as an opening batsman in the ODI against Sri Lanka in 2008. But gradually he got shifted to the number 3 slot and made it his own. He has a good record as an opener in the T20 internationals, as in nine matches, the former captain of the Indian cricket team has scored 400 runs at an average of 57.
