Why Virat Kohli at No. 3 will hurt India in T20 World Cup, former star explains. cricket news

Former seam-bowling all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Friday said Virat Kohli, who opens the innings with captain Rohit Sharma, will create openings for power-hitting finishers like Rinku Singh and Shivam Dubey in the Indian playing XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Pathan, the hero of India’s 2007 T20 World Cup-winning campaign, however, said that if the move is implemented, the options will be limited to just five specialist bowlers. Pathan said on Star Sports, “The Indian openers should be Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma, because it’s just because of the right-hand and left-hand combination. Don’t forget that Jaiswal has an international strike rate of 160 and you need that. You need that firepower.” Press room shows, World Cup tickets.

However, there will also be advantages in opening with former captain Kohli, who takes some time to get into the rhythm.

“If Virat opens the batting, what will happen is that it will allow the combination of 11 to be built in a certain way that you want. If that happens, you can see Shivam Dubey playing, if he Are in the team.

Pathan argued, “You can also see people like Rinku Singh in the playing 11. But if Virat bats at number three, that may not happen. So it is a big challenge.”

Pathan also feels that if Jaiswal gets a place in the playing eleven, his under-rated leg-break should be used as none of the top six bowlers bowl.

“Jaiswal has been bowling really regularly in the nets. So what you can do is you can really play a proper five bowlers and maybe have him as a sixth bowler, to maintain that. As an option.

“Otherwise, if you look at the batting order, nobody bowls. Nobody bowls in the top six and that is the biggest challenge for us as Indian cricket. And we need to consider that as well. So for me, Jaiswal, Rohit and then Virat bat at number three.” Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden also wants Kohli to bat more in the powerplay.

“By popular consensus of the panel, I have taken Virat there. I have to have him in the powerplay. If I am going to pick him, he has to play in the powerplay.

“He will have to play most of those six overs as an opener, because in my opinion Yashasvi deserves to be there, and it will be that left- and right-handed combination that will be a big bonus, and that’s why I say it’s Such a decisive choice, this.” Hayden never thought that Kohli’s batting position would be so important in big things.

“Who would have thought that we would be having this conversation about the greatest player (Kohli) India has ever had, probably ever. So the thing is, are we interested in picking a team that we believe can She’s got the right balance and is going to do that.” Win this World Cup,” Hayden said.

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