Gavaskar Shocks! Kohli Opens, Jaiswal at No. 3 in India's T20 WC XI

In India's T20 World Cup match against Ireland on Wednesday, Indian great Sunil Gavaskar believes Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma should start at the top of the lineup, with Yashasvi Jaiswal moving down to the number three spot. The topic of Kohli's batting position during the T20 World Cup has generated a lot of discussion.

For a very long time, Kohli has been India's official number three hitter in the white-ball format. He is coming to the major event off the tail of a fantastic IPL season. "My preferred lineup for the game is as follows: Yashasvi Jaiswal at three, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to open the batting," Gavaskar stated on "Star Sports."

With an average of 61.75 and a strike rate of above 154, Kohli amassed 741 runs in 15 games as the opening batsman for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Throughout the fruitful run, he scored five fifties and a century.

At four, Suryakumar Yadav, and at five, Rishabh Pant. I would pick Shivam Dube at number eight, not necessarily in that batting order, and Hardik Pandya at number six. Ravindra Jadeja would be at number seven. Number 10 will be Jasprit Bumrah, number 11 will be Siraj, and number 9 will be Kuldeep Yadav," he stated.