File picture of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Former BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly mentioned that he wants Rohit and Virat to open at the Twenty20 World Cup.
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Sourav Ganguly, the previous India captain and Indian cricket board chief, has wished for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to open India’s innings within the T20 World Cup in June.
“I feel both should and will go to the West Indies. It’s just my personal opinion and I am not saying that the selectors should do it – it’s their call at the end of the day- but I think Rohit and Virat should open,” Ganguly, the Delhi Capitals’ director of cricket, mentioned throughout an interplay organised by the franchise.
The nationwide choice panel is probably going to choose India’s provisional squad for the T20 World Cup over the weekend, forward of the May 1 deadline for squad submission.
Ganguly – throughout whose tenure because the BCCI chief was Rahul Dravid appointed head coach and Rohit Sharma took over because the captain throughout codecs – hoped for the captain and the coach to devise a fearless technique for enjoying T20 cricket. “I hope Rahul and Rohit find a method of playing T20 cricket because this group has an exceptional talent that six-hitting ability,” Ganguly mentioned.
During IPL 2024, Rohit and Kohli’s potential to hold hitting greater gears in T20 has been questioned by a piece of followers and consultants. But Ganguly was assured each had the power to ship.
“Virat Kohli has got the capability of getting a 40-ball hundred also. India, with the talent they have just need to go and hit. Just the mindset should be to hit and then we’ll see what happens,” Ganguly mentioned.
“We saw how Rohit Sharma battered in the 50-over World Cup. He just came and hit at the top. so we just put so much pressure on the opposition in the first seven-eight overs that it gave breathing space for the lower order. Virat and Rohit should do the same (in T20s). They are great players. Let’s do it.”