"So Should I Sit Out?" KL Rahul Responds When Asked If Virat Kohli Should Open In T20Is

09.09.2022 - 06:13 sports.ndtv.com

Star batter Virat Kohli finally ended the wait for his 71st international ton as he registered his first T20I century and he went on to play an unbeaten knock of 122 runs off just 61 balls against Afghanistan in India's final Super 4 clash of the ongoing Asia Cup on Thursday at Dubai International Stadium.

Kohli came out to open the batting alongside stand-in skipper KL Rahul as Rohit Sharma was rested for this fixture, which was a dead rubber.

Rahul and Kohli shared a 119-run opening stand, which also saw Rahul scoring 62 runs off 41 balls. India went on to defeat Afghanistan by 101 runs as Bhuvneshwar Kumar took five wickets with the ball.

After the match, KL Rahul was asked by a journalist at a press conference whether Kohli can be looked at as an opening batter seeing how he performed against Afghanistan and how he has done that role for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.

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After the T20I series against Australia, India play their final T20I series, ahead of the T20 World Cup, against South Africa starting Wednesday. Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram will host the first T20I of the three-match series. Ahead of the match, the whole city is buzzing in anticipation of a great game of cricket. A video, posted by the BCCI on social media, showed cricketers getting a grand welcome in the city. While all the Indian cricketers will be cheered on by the fans, former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli seems to be a crowd-favourite.

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