Virat Kohli believes a flexible batting order will help keep India’s opponents guessing while they are in Ireland and England. India launched their tour with a 78-run thrashing of Ireland in the first Twenty20 international in Dublin on Wednesday.
After Rohit Sharma (97) and Shikhar Dhawan (74) shared an opening stand of 160 in 16 overs, Suresh Raina was then sent in. MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya came in at the fall of the next two wickets before Kohli decided to go in with just three balls remaining. he came in at a relatively lowly number six and was promptly out for a second-ball duck.
“The middle order is something we can experiment with in T20 games,” said Kohli.
“I’ve got a good mindset of who’s batting where so in the next few games, not just the Ireland ones but also against England, we will look to be flexible and use them as and when the situation requires them,” the skipper added.
“We will look to surprise the opposition and we’ve asked the batsmen to have that flexibility and they have responded very well.”
