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There is only 1 week left for the T20 World Cup 2022 to start. The Indian team is busy in preparations in Perth and in this episode, on Monday, Team India played its first unofficial warm-up match against Western Australia. Team India won here by 13 runs, but the Indian team has played a big bet as soon as it reaches Australia, a glimpse of which was seen in this match.
Team India will go with the new opening pair?
In the first warm-up match of the T20 World Cup, Team India entered the field with a new opening pair. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant along with captain Rohit Sharma came to open. However, both could not score much runs in this match, Rohit was dismissed on the score of 3 and Pant 9. But it can be part of a new strategy of Team India to surprise the opponents.
Ever since Dinesh Karthik’s entry into the team, Rishabh Pant’s place in the playing-11 has been in trouble. In such a situation, many experts had advised that Rishabh Pant should open in the T20 format, only there he can be successful and surprise the opponents.
A look at the pitch for our practice match against Western Australia.
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant walk out to open the innings. pic.twitter.com/Qzxs10zPUJ
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 10, 2022
If not Rishabh then who will open?
Let us tell you that in the first warm-up match, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were not part of the playing-11. Both the players were rested, so this was also one of the reasons why Rishabh Pant opened for Team India. If KL Rahul returns in the second warm-up match, then Team India’s strategy will be clear.
Before coming to the T20 World Cup, captain Rohit Sharma had said that only KL Rahul would open for the team. If need be, Virat Kohli can get the opening done. For some time, only KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have been opening for India in T20. However, in the recent past, questions were being raised on his place due to the slow strike of KL Rahul.
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When Dhoni played the bet…
It is worth noting that the former captain of Team India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had made a bet even before the Champions Trophy in the year 2013. Then he made the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, which was made directly in the Champions Trophy itself. Everyone was surprised by this bet, both scored a lot of runs throughout the tournament and in the end Team India won the Champions Trophy. Also, Rohit Sharma’s career completely changed here.
Indian team for T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R.K. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby Player: Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
