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Indian Premier League 2024 continues. So far 10 matches have been played in IPL 2024. The home team has dominated in all the matches except the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. In this season of the league, more than one player is succeeding in leaving a mark with his performance. Meanwhile, Team India has also got a stormy opener. Opening batsman can be Rohit Sharma's partner in the T20 World Cup 2024 to be held after IPL 2024.
Will start the innings with Rohit
A few weeks ago, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah had announced that Rohit Sharma will be the captain of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup. Before the T20 series against Afghanistan, Rohit was away from this format for almost a year. In his place, Hardik Pandya was leading the Indian team. Now when Rohit enters the World Cup, who will be his partner? The answer to this has been found in IPL 2024.
scored two consecutive half-centuries
IPL 2024 has started. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is entering the league as an opening batsman. Virat has been playing as an opening batsman in IPL for some time now. In the 17th season of the league, Virat Kohli has scored half-centuries in 2 out of 3 matches played so far. Virat scored 21 runs in the first match against Chennai Super Kings. Virat scored 77 runs in 49 balls against Punjab Kings and 83 runs in 59 balls in the last match against Kolkata Knight Riders. In such a situation, Virat can become Rohit's partner in the World Cup.
Virat's performance as an opening batsman in IPL
Virat Kohli has played 101 matches as an opening batsman in IPL. During this period, he has scored 3792 runs at an average of 44.61 and strike rate of 135.72. During this period he has scored 28 half-centuries and 7 centuries. Whereas, Virat has played 93 matches at number 3 and has scored 2815 runs at an average of 35.19 and strike rate of 123.79.