Virat Kohli is our third opener: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma, forward of the T20I collection towards Australia, has made it clear that Virat Kohli can be India’s third opener within the upcoming T20 World Cup.

“It is always nice to have options available for you, especially if you are going into the tournament, you want that flexibility. It’s an option for us, and since we have not taken the third opener, he can obviously open,” Rohit advised reporters in Mohali.

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“He opens for his franchise, and he has done really one. It’s a definite option for us. ”

Virat Kohli, whereas opening for India, has recorded his first worldwide hundred in almost three years towards Afghanistan within the Asia Cup. He was additionally the very best run-getter for India.

“I had a word with Rahul Dravid and we have decided that we might have to open with Virat in few matches. We have seen that in the last match and we are happy,” mentioned Rohit.

Although Rohit maintained that Virat is a particular possibility, however KL Rahul goes to open for India.

“I don’t think we are going to experiment. KL Rahul is going to be our opener for sure. His performance for India has always gone unnoticed. One or two bad game doesn’t overshadow his past records. We know what KL brings to the table, his presence at top is very crucial for us,” he mentioned.

The Indian crew can be taking part in its first T20 towards Australia on September 20 in Mohali, adopted by second and third T20 in Nagpur and Hyderabad on September 23 and September 25.