|| India Correspondent ||
India's vice-captain in the limited-overs, Rohit Sharma feels that it is still too early to finalise what would be the team's batting line-up for the upcoming T20 World Cup which will take place later this year in India. On the other hand, captain Virat Kohli who opened for India alongside Rohit Sharma in the series decider against England, expressed his desire to open more often, although Rohit cited it was only a tactical move.
"It is still long time to go for the (T20) World Cup, so early days to talk about how our batting will look like. We have to sit and analyse what suits the team the most," said Rohit after the series win. "Today was a tactical move because we wanted to play an extra bowler and wanted to leave one batsman out. Unfortunately it was KL (Rahul) which was very tough."
However, India made only one change in their playing XI where pacer T Natarajan replaced an out-of-form KL RahuL.
"KL has been one our key players in limited overs, especially in this format. Looking at current form, the team management decided to go with the best 11. Having said that, it doesn’t send any signal that KL will not be considered or anything like that. This was just for one particular game. Things might change as we go closer to World Cup," he again added.
"We do understand his (Rahul’s) ability and his contribution at the top, what he’s done for us. So, yeah, I’m not going to rule out anything or neither will I say that this is the preferred batting lineup for a World Cup," he again shared. "There is still a good amount of time left with IPL in between. And then, I’m hearing, there will be a few T20s as well before the World Cup. So, you know, good enough time for us, at that point in time to judge what will be the best possible eleven for us."