5 Indians who could be better openers in T20Is than Dhawan and Rohit

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#4 KL Rahul

2018 International Twenty20 Cricket England v India Jul 3rd
KL Rahul

KL Rahul is having a ball with the bat. He was in insane form during the IPL for the Kings XI Punjab. Along with Chris Gayle, he was unstoppable.

KL Rahul's biggest strength is his ability to play unorthodox strokes and combine them with his orthodox play. The combination is perfect at the top of the order and it gives the Indian team the required solidity as well as aggression to the batting.

If KL Rahul can give India a good start, the batsmen following him like Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni get the required platform to play their strokes and give the team a good end to the innings.

He showed in the first game of the T20I series against England what he is capable of, scoring a century, his second in the shortest format.

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