Lucknow: The decision to make Indian team's veteran batsman Virat Kohli open the innings in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 has not proved right so far. After Virat proved to be a flop in three consecutive matches, the discussion has gained momentum whether he should now be given a chance at number three because now the Super-8 matches are to be played. Let us tell you that Kohli had performed brilliantly with the bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 and scored 741 runs. Keeping this in mind, the Indian team management had decided to make Virat open with captain Rohit Sharma.

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The right-handed batsman is opening the innings for the first time in the World Cup and has so far failed to give the team a good start. In his first match, he was out for 1 against Ireland, 4 against Pakistan and zero against the United States. In this way, he has scored only 5 runs in the three matches played so far. When Team India's star all-rounder Shivam Dubey was questioned about the poor form of the 35-year-old player, he gave a very interesting answer. During the conversation in the press conference before the match, Dubey gave his reaction about Virat.

He said, “Who am I to talk about Virat Kohli. If he has not scored runs in three matches, then maybe he will score a century in the next three matches and then all the discussion will end. We all know his game and his way of playing very well.”

During this time, the star all-rounder was also asked about the pitch of New York, and he gave his opinion about it as well. He believes that in the difficult conditions there, he was struggling with his form and was trying to perform well.

Dubey said, “I was struggling with my form and was focusing on my batting. I have no doubts about what I have done before. I think the conditions are not like the ones where I have batted for CSK. On such wickets, you will have to bat with a different mindset and that is why I was batting a little differently.”

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