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Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly believes that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should be part of the Indian T20I squad, stressing on their potential contribution in the shortest format. He points to Kohli’s exceptional performance in IPL 2023, where the former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain scored over 600 runs for the first time since 2016. Kohli scored an impressive 639 runs in 14 matches, and was the fourth highest run-scorer. League, behind Shubman Gill, Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway.
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Despite both being rested from most T20Is this year to manage their workloads, Ganguly has a different approach. “Pick your best players, it doesn’t matter who they are. In my opinion, both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma still have a place in T20I cricket, and I don’t understand Kohli or Rohit in T20I cricket.” Why can’t you play,” expressed. Ganguly to Revsportz.
Ganguly further said, “Kohli was in great form in the IPL and if you ask me, both have a place in T20 cricket.” In Rohit’s absence, Hardik Pandya has taken up the leadership role for the Indian team in most of the matches and will continue to lead the team in the upcoming five-match T20I series against the West Indies.
While Rohit, Virat and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Verma have been included in the squad for the first time. However, fans took to social media to express their disappointment as players like Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Jitesh Sharma did not make it to the Caribbean tour.
With these players out, the former India skipper admitted that due to the limited number of places in the team, some prominent names will inevitably be missed. Ganguly reassured him, saying, “He just has to keep playing. Whatever chance he gets, he has to keep performing. It happens all the time. Only 15 can be selected in the team, and 11 can play.” So, someone has to miss out. I am sure their time will come.”
The West Indies tour will begin with a two-match Test series starting on 12 July, followed by a 3-match ODI series and the T20I phase starting on 3 August.
