Ravichandran Ashwin unequivocally endorses Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as the ideal opening pair for the 2024 T20 World Cup expressing a deep personal conviction. Emphasizing their wealth of experience the esteemed offspinner highlights their adaptive prowess predicting that these seasoned batters will tactfully navigate any situation that arises during the tournament.
The reaction comes on the eve of India’s opening T20 World Cup match against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The Men in Blue will try to make the most of the game time as they prepare for the high-octane Indo-Pak showdown at the same stadium on June 9.
Ravichandran Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel:
“It’s like going into a CBSE Maths exam where you necessarily haven’t seen the sums, but you know the formula. So, Virat and Rohit know what to expect there. They will be able to find the answers even if the conditions are not in their favor.”
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin added:
“I feel like Virat Kohli is gonna be top in those conditions because of what happens in the West Indies, you need to see T20 cricket has gone so far that you can be skewed by what’s happened in the IPL.
“In conditions like the West Indies, you must be able to adapt, you must have the ability to say, ‘I’ve been there, I’ve done it, I’ve seen this.’ And, these are the answers.”
Ravichandran Ashwin
In T20 matches Kohli and Rohit have batted together accumulating a total of 1217 runs across 34 innings. This partnership showcased three centuries and five fiftyrun stands operating not exclusively as openers.
What are Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s T20I records in West Indies?
Virat Kohli the foremost rungetter in T20 Internationals has accumulated 112 runs in three innings in the West Indies at an impressive strike rate of 141.77. The righthanded batsman has scored 59 14 and 39 respectively. Meanwhile Rohit Sharma boasts 185 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 145.67. The stylish opener has posted figures of 64 0 79* 5 26 and 11* in the island nation.
Kohli and Rohit have totaled 4,037 (109 innings) and 3974 runs (143 inns) in T20Is. The latter aims to become the third batter to surpass 4,000 runs in the shortest format, behind Kohli and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
