Saurav Ganguly Opines That Virat Kohli Should Open Up in the T20 World Cup 2024

Saurav Ganguly Opines That Virat Kohli Should Open Up in the T20 WC 2024: Virat Kohli is the cricketer that every cricket enthusiast loves. In this IPL 2024, his performance has been good, and Former Indian Skipper Saurav Ganguly feels that he should open up in the T20 World Cup as he has good performance.

And he also praises the T20 World Cup squad and he had confidence in winning the trophy.

Virat Kohli should open in the ICC event: Saurav Ganguly

On Thursday, in match 58, Virat Kohli showed his performance well and they finally won the game in the IP 2024. Saurav Ganguly on Friday said that Virat Kohli is an opener for next month’s T20 World Cup 2024 as he is in form at this Indian Premier League.

Ganguly told PTI here on the sidelines of a promotional event, that,

“Virat is playing exceptionally well. The way Kohli batted last night – 90 in quick time, you need to use him as an opener in the T20 World Cup. He should open, evidenced by his last few IPL innings which have been outstanding.”

In this IPL 2024, Virat is holding the Orange Cap with 634 runs from 12 matches, an average of 70.44, and an amazing strike rate of 153.51.

“Bumrah is the best fast bowler in the world at the moment. We have experience in Kuldeep, Axar, and Siraj. It’s an ideal combination we have this time,” he added.

“This is going to be the trend in the years to come. T20 cricket has become a power-oriented game and that’s what it is going to be. I was reading Sanju Samson’s comments the other day, where he said there’s no time to settle down in modern T20s.

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You just have to hit, and that’s the way it is going to be.”

He detailed “Now, in IPL we are seeing scores like 240, 250 regularly. The main reasons are good batting wickets and the grounds are also not big in India.

In the last game between Delhi and Rajasthan, 26 sixes were hit in a 40-over game, which is almost one six every over. “That’s how this game has gone and that’s how the players have started approaching the game.

The Impact Player rule, where every team has the possibility of adding another batsman, has also added another dimension to it,” he concluded.