T20 World Cup 2021: Ahead of the India vs Pakistan match, VVS Laxman predicted India’s batting order with some shocking exclusions.
With Team India set to begin their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign on Sunday, many fans are wondering about Virat Kohli’s favorite playing XI for the tournament. Former cricketer VVS Laxman decided to give his predicted line-up for Kohli’s team and gave generic names with some surprises.
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Laxman picks playing XI-
Speaking on Star Sports, the Test cricket legend did not include Ishan Kishan in his batting order and also left out bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur. “They are spoiled for options. But I will open with Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul. No. 3 will be Virat Kohli, No. 4 will be Suryakumar Yadav, No. 5 Rishabh Pant, No. 6 Hardik Pandya, No. 3. 7 Ravindra Jadeja No. 8 will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar, No. 9 will be Bumrah”, Laxman said.
“No. 10 and No. 11 will be the two spinners, Varun Chakraborty and Rahul Chahar“, he continued.
Justifying his line-up, Laxman explained that the top seven in the order would be capable of scoring a lot of runs.
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“It’s a long tail, but I will support to score more runs in the top seven”, he added.
For their first match, India will take on Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. They have already played a warm-up match against England, which they won by seven wickets.
Chasing the target of 189 runs, India reached 192 for three in 19 overs. Openers KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan were in fine form. Rahul scored 51 runs in 24 balls and Kishan retired after scoring 70 runs in 46 balls.
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