Former India batter Virender Sehwag has made an enormous omission as he has ignored star Indian batter Virat Kohli from his prime three for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. The previous opening batter reckons Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma needs to be the highest three for the event.
Sehwag feels that the opening mixture of right-hand and left-hand batters, in Ishan Kishan together with both KL Rahul or Rohit Sharma could be “attention-grabbing”. Kishan, since his T20I debut in March 2021, has appeared in 16 matches and scored 521 runs at a mean of 34.73 and a strike charge of 134.97. He was additionally the highest scorer within the five-match house collection in opposition to South Africa earlier within the month with 206 runs at a strike charge of over 150.
“India has choices aplenty relating to laborious hitters in T20s,” mentioned Sehwag, on Sony Community. “Nevertheless, I’d personally vouch for Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and KL Rahul as the highest three batters for the World Cup in Australia. The best-hand and left-hand mixture of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, or for that matter, Ishan and KL Rahul could possibly be fairly attention-grabbing for the World T20,” he added.
Umran Malik needs to be in India’s plan alongside Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami: Sehwag
Virat Kohli, considered the most effective gamers of the period, is on a little bit of a stoop so far as scoring runs is anxious. Within the final two editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), he scored 746 runs in 31 innings at a mean of 25.825 and a strike charge of 117.72.
Talking about India’s tempo sensation Umran Malik, Sehwag mentioned that he was “completely” impressed with the speedster. Malik not too long ago obtained his call-up for the collection in opposition to South Africa and in addition made his worldwide debut within the first T20I in opposition to Eire in Dublin, after a formidable IPL season with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
“If there’s one pacer who has completely impressed me, of late, it’s none aside from Umran Malik. He ought to positively be a part of India’s plans as one of many key bowlers alongside the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami,” mentioned Sehwag.
