Virat Kohli should consider opening the batting in ODIs and T20Is: Sunil Gavaskar

India suffered a 10-wicket drubbing at hands of Australia at Wankhede Stadium on January 14. Captain Virat Kohli endured a rare failure as right-hander was dismissed by Australian spinner Adam Zampa for just 16. A defeat for India in opening ODI gave Australia an early 1-0 advant in three-match series. Prior to second ODI in Rajkot on January 17, former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar had an interesting view that Indian captain Virat Kohli should consider opening batting in white-ball cricket for ‘Men in Blue’.

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Virat Kohli should open in ODIs and T20Is: Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar is currently part of commentary team for official broadcasters of ongoing India vs Australia ODI series. During pre-match analysis of Rajkot ODI, Sunil Gavaskar opined that Virat Kohli should consider opening for team India because of his prolific run-scoring spree. Indian captain is currently ranked number 1 in ICC ODI Batsmen rankings.

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According to Sunil Gavaskar, best batsman of side should face maximum number of deliveries. His statement comes on backdrop of speculations that Virat Kohli will permanently demote himself in batting order to accommodate Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, all of whom are openers. former cricketer said that instead of dropping Kohli down to .4, he should be promoted to open innings rar.

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Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI updates

Australia won toss and elected to field first. Team India openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan got home side off to a flying start, as y raced to 54-0 after 9.2 overs while writing this report. Virat Kohli and co. must conquer Rajkot in order to stay alive in series.

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