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

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.

Kohli has five centuries in the IPL, and all of them came while opening the batting for RCB.

To this question, Rahul replied: "Toh kya mai khud beth jaun? (So what? Should I sit out?)"

Rahul went on to say that it was important for the team that Kohli find his touch, but added that he can score runs from No.3 as well.

"Obviously, Virat scoring runs is a huge bonus for the team, and the way he played today against Afghanistan, I know he is very very pleased with how he batted today. He has been working on his game and that worked beautifully today. As a team, it is important for every player to get time out in the middle," Rahul said.

"You get confidence if you play 2-3 innings, really happy that he could play that way. You all know Virat Kohli, you have been watching him for so many years, it is not like he will only score centuries if he opens