Former wicketkeeper told, because of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav opened against West Indies in the first T20

New Delhi, Online Desk. The Indian cricket team took a 1-0 lead in the first match of the three-match T20I series against West Indies on Friday. In this match, along with Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav came out to open the innings. While in England this responsibility was given to Rishabh Pant. These days, T20 seems to be experimenting a lot with the opening pair. Former wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel has given his response in this matter.

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Parthiv said, “I would definitely like to see him in T20 cricket. I wanted to see him play ODI series also. It is the easiest way to get back in form. It is a fifty over game and you have It takes a lot of time. Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill started scoring runs and also got a good strike rate.”

Suryakumar Yadav was sent to open the innings

Coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma have tried many opening pairs in the last few months. In the first T20I against West Indies with Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav was sent to open the innings on Friday. Earlier Rishabh Pant has also performed this responsibility. Ishan Kishan was given a chance at this place for a long time.

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Parthiv further said, “Virat is the legend player of this game and all the changes you are seeing in the opening of Team India these days are being done only because he wants to try everything, so that in any way Virat Kohli can be fitted in the playing XI. That is the reason why you are seeing Suriya and Rishabh Pant opening the innings. That’s what I feel.”