Know what happened when last time Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli opened for India in T20Is: In the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will play its first match against Ireland on June 5 in New York. India has not won the T20 World Cup title since 2007. The team reached the semi-finals of the last edition. But was knocked out of the tournament after a humiliating 10-wicket defeat against England.

Which playing 11 combination Team India will play in T20 World Cup 2024 remains a topic of discussion. Many cricket experts say that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should open. Today we will tell you when was the last time Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli opened for India in T20, and how was their performance.

Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli opened against England in 2021

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have opened for India in the T20 format only once in 2021. When England was on a tour of India in March 2021, the Indian team came on the field with the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Kohli in the last match of the five-match T20 series. There was a partnership of 94 runs for the first wicket between the two batsmen.

Rohit Sharma played an innings of 64 runs with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes in 34 balls. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 80 runs with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes in 52 balls. Due to the brilliant batting of Rohit and Virat, the team was able to score 224 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs.

In this match, England’s team was able to score only 188 runs for the loss of 8 wickets while chasing the target, and India won by 36 runs. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has opened in 9 T20 matches for India so far. Kohli scored his first T20 century against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022 while opening.

Before the start of the T20 World Cup, the Indian team played a warm-up match against Bangladesh, in which the team won by 60 runs. Virat Kohli was not a part of this warm-up match. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs in 19 balls.