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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will open for India in the Twenty20 World Cup; Riyan Parag will compete; Yashaswi Jaiswal may be left out?

The list of probable players for World Cup T20 2024 in India is underway as the nomination date draws nearer. The verdict about the squad will be announced soon, and this is the time when the debates concerning the Indian team squad start. The Indian crop to take over the think comprising of selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar, skipper Rohit Sharma, and head coach Rahul Dravid, came in public after they did a thorough meeting where the team, along with the management, were discussed. From the meeting, the management might go with the Indian pair of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, meaning that the Upstart duo of Yashaswi J.

Will we ask Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to open?

According to a traditional Jagaran story, Kohli has asked RCB director Michi about his look in India’s team for the T20 World Cup. Kohli is now the player of the Orange Cap (Most Runs) in the IPL 2024, which is halfway through already, and it will be very hard for the management to rest the oldest player based strictly on his current form.

Follow the news of IPL 2024 and the teams at the top of the charts competing for the IPL 24th Orange Cap and IPL Purple Cap. Look at IPL summaries: IPL 2024 Schedule, IPL 2024 Points Table, and a list of players with the most Sixes, most Fors, and most Fifties in IPL 2024.

Virat Kohli has set a precedent by leaving Yashaswi Jaiswal out of the side after he was the breakthrough star of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2020 and made a comeback to the Indian Premier League in 2021. Still, Shubman Gill could be the backup opener.

It goes without saying that Rajasthan Royals’ Roseberry must be feeling a bit of pressure as the best-scoring player for them in a Test Match, after which he had a poor performance during the IPL 2024 season. But compared to the latter, who, on the opening of the T20Is, usually opened the inning with Rohit Sharma, Gill could very well find himself as the backup opener. In the first half of the 2024 IPL season, Gill scored runs into 255.

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