2024-04-24 02:27:02
New Delhi: Former captain Sourav Ganguly believes that Virat Kohli can score a century in just 40 balls in T20 cricket. In such a situation, he should open the innings with Indian captain Rohit Sharma in the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies and America. Kohli recently scored 100 runs in 67 balls against Rajasthan Royals, but he had to face criticism for his strike rate.
Ganguly said, ‘Virat Kohli also has the ability to score 100 runs in 40 balls. As I said in the beginning, according to the potential that India has, they need to hit big shots as soon as they come out to bat. Then let’s see what happens after five-six overs. Ganguly would like the selection committee, coach Rahul Dravid and Rohit to take decisions in the best interest of the team for the T20 World Cup. However, he would ideally like to see Kohli-Rohit opening the innings.
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The former India captain said, ‘If you ask me and this is just my personal opinion and I am not saying that the selectors should do this, because they have the final decision regarding the team combination.’ When asked about Yashasvi Jaiswal’s selection in the T20 World Cup considering his current form after the brilliant home Test series against England, he said, ‘I don’t think the claims of players like Yashasvi and Shubman Gill have been weakened. He is a special player.
Ganguly said that the selection for the T20 World Cup should not be based on just one phase of the IPL. He said, ‘You have to see every performance. A good team has a balance of experience and young players. India has amazing experienced players and they have improved with time.
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Sourav Ganguly said, ‘From this point of view there should be a mix of youth in the team. I am sure the selectors are mature enough not to select the team on the basis of just one IPL performance. He said, ‘Shivam Dubey had performed well last year also and this time too he is showing excellent performance. He has been performing continuously for some time. Players like Rishabh Pant, Dubey and Suryakumar Yadav are continuously doing well.