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Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Agency Image)
Virat Kohli has picked his erstwhile Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Chris Gayle up of Rohit Sharma portion choosing the champion opener successful T20 cricket during a caller “This oregon That” challenge.
In a video shared by RCB connected Sunday, Kohli was asked to prime betwixt 2 players astatine a clip portion identifying the top opener successful the shortest format.
The erstwhile RCB skipper archetypal opted for Adam Gilchrist implicit Sunil Narine.The adjacent examination was betwixt Gilchrist and Travis Head, and Kohli picked the Australian left-hander, explaining that his prime was specifically for T20 cricket. When Head was past enactment up against
Virender Sehwag
, Kohli switched to the erstwhile India opener.The comparisons continued with Sehwag facing Sachin Tendulkar, but Kohli again selected Sehwag, noting that successful the T20 format helium would inactive favour the assertive opener.
The situation yet reached its last prime betwixt Rohit and Gayle. After pausing briefly, Kohli decided to spell with the West Indies fable arsenic his prime for the champion T20 opener.Gayle’s grounds successful the format backs up his reputation. The erstwhile West Indies nationalist cricket squad opener remains the highest run-scorer successful T20 cricket, having amassed 14,562 runs successful 455 innings crossed each T20 competitions. In the Indian Premier League, helium scored 4,965 runs successful 142 matches.
Gayle besides holds the grounds for the highest idiosyncratic people successful IPL history. Playing for RCB against Pune Warriors India successful 2013, helium produced an unbeaten 175, a sound that inactive stands arsenic the tournament’s best.Rohit, meanwhile, has enjoyed a singular vocation successful the shortest format arsenic well. The erstwhile India skipper has scored 4,231 runs successful 159 T20I matches and 151 innings, portion successful the IPL helium has accumulated 7,046 runs from 272 matches and 267 innings.Kohli himself volition soon instrumentality to enactment for RCB erstwhile the defending champions statesman their Indian Premier League 2026 run against Sunrisers Hyderabad astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium connected March 28.
