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India vs England: Virat Kohli confirms Rohit Sharma-KL Rahul as openers, says R Ashwin not in scheme of things for white-ball cricket
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India vs England: Virat Kohli confirms Rohit Sharma-KL Rahul as openers, says R Ashwin not in scheme of things for white-ball cricket

Press Trust of India • March 11, 2021, 19:49:59 IST
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India will start their preparations for the T20 World Cup, to be held in India later this year, with the series against England and the skipper did give some indications about how the core combination would look like.

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India vs England: Virat Kohli confirms Rohit Sharma-KL Rahul as openers, says R Ashwin not in scheme of things for white-ball cricket

Ahmedabad: India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said that Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will be the team’s opening combination in T20 cricket going ahead as it geared up for a five-match series against England starting on Friday. [caption id=“attachment_9406261” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]Virat Kohli was trifle annoyed with a question on India’s No 1 Test spinner Ashwin’s chances of making a comeback looking at his impressive IPL form last time when he got some big names including the India captain cheaply. AP Virat Kohli was trifle annoyed with a question on India’s No 1 Test spinner Ashwin’s chances of making a comeback looking at his impressive IPL form last time when he got some big names including the India captain cheaply. AP[/caption] Kohli also made it clear that Ravichandran Ashwin will not be in the white ball scheme of things till Washington Sundar is performing. India will start their preparations for the T20 World Cup, to be held in India later this year, with the series against England and the skipper did give some indications about how the core combination would look like. “If Rohit plays, then it’s simple. KL (Rahul) and Rohit have been performing consistently at the top of the order for us and those two will start,” Kohli was unambiguous in his reply that the seasoned Shikhar Dhawan will have to wait. “In a situation, Rohit takes rest and KL has a niggle or something, Shikhi (Dhawan’s nickname in team) obviously comes in as the third opener but the starting composition, Rohit and Rahul will be the ones who will start.” However, Kohli was trifle annoyed with a question on India’s No 1 Test spinner Ashwin’s chances of making a comeback looking at his impressive IPL form last time when he got some big names including the India captain cheaply. “Washington has been doing really well for us. So you cannot have two players of the same discipline, playing in one spot. So (this will not happen) unless Washy has drastically horrible season and things go south for him,” Kohli said about the young all-rounder. Washington has an impressive economy rate of less than 7 per over (6.95) in 26 games for the country. Kohli made it pretty clear that the question didn’t amuse him one bit. “I mean the question has to be asked with some kind of logic as well. You suggest where you would add Ash, and play him in the team?” he countered. “Washington already does that job for the team. It’s easy to ask a question but you should have a logical explanation to it yourself.” No space for compromise on fitness: Kohli on Varun Chakravarthy Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s repeated fitness test failures have raised quite a few eyebrows and the Indian captain sent a message loud and clear that anyone aspiring to play for India should abide by certain fitness standards. Chakravarthy, an IPL sensation for Kolkata Knight Riders, was first picked ahead of the Australia tour only to be found out later that he was hiding a shoulder injury back then. He did his rehabilitation at the NCA but hasn’t played any national level competitive match and again failed the YoYo (17.1) and 2 km (eight minutes) fitness test after Chetan Sharma’s committee unexpectedly picked him without any game time. “Look individuals need to understand the systems that have been created for the Indian cricket team,” Kohli was very clear on where he stood on the issue. “We should operate at the very high levels of fitness and skills and that’s why this (India team) is top of the ladder when playing cricket, in our country. “We would expect players to abide by what’s required to be a part of Team India. There shouldnt be space for any compromise, in that regard.”

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