There continues to stay chatter round Virat Kohli’s position in T20 cricket© X (Twitter)
India’s marquee batter Virat Kohli has seen his place within the group being questioned again and again forward of the T20 World Cup 2024. Although Virat was in excellent type within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 marketing campaign for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), it is not but confirmed what position he’ll play for India within the T20 World Cup. For Matthew Hayden, Virat does not warrant a spot in his group, until he decides to open. At current, each Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal are competing for the second opener’s spot within the Indian group.
“You must have a left-right mixture. You may’t have 5 right-handers in a row. Australia would simply say hiya to Zampa. Kohli has to open or he doesn’t play in my group. He’s in absolute red-hot type,” Hayden stated on ESPNCricinfo.
The Australia legend additionally floated the concept of Rohit Sharma batting within the middle-order.
“Rohit is a flexible participant and doesn’t draw back from batting away in that center order. He has a profitable report in T20I cricket batting at No. 4 and he can lead the batting group from the early center order,” he added.
Hayden is not the primary one to counsel the India captain of a change in position, but it surely does not appear like the Hitman is within the way of thinking to take action.
Earlier, former India batter Suresh Raina had backed Virat to play on the No. 3 position within the T20 World Cup.
“I desire Virat to play at No. 3 within the World Cup. He is a run machine. Yashasvi is in good type, and I am certain he’ll do properly as an opener. With the pitches and situations in the USA anticipated to be sluggish, in my view, Virat ought to play at No. 3,” Raina had advised reporters throughout an occasion in Delhi.
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