5 reasons why Virat Kohli should open in T20Is

#4 He has an impressive record as opener

Kohli has opened only a few times in T20 internationals over the span of his 49 game career stretching over 7 years. In the 6 innings in which he has opened the batting for India, he averages a modest 31.5 but has a highly impressive strike rate of 148.8.

A permanent move to the opening slot might ensure that India almost always get off to a flier in any T20 they play, anywhere in the world. However, these samples are too small and in order to rightly gauge his abilities as a T20 opener, one needs to look at his record in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore (see the previous slide).