Kohli to open the innings instead of regular opener KL Rahulwho is discharging the role of the wicketkeeper as Rishabh Pant has been rested for the series, surprised many. Several experts and cricketers slammed the decision of India to send Kohli to open the innings when regular opener KL Rahul was presentFormer Pakistan captain Salman Butt also slammed the Indian team managementFor not sending KL Rahul to open the innings for India. He said Rahul should have opened for the side since he had been a specialist opener for the Indian teamIndian players failed to give the team a good startIndia suffered a narrow 5-run defeat against the hosts following a top-order collapse. As a result, the Indian side also lost the 3-match ODI series to Bangladesh by 2-1Salman Butt said that the Indian team management shouldn’t have tried to shield Rahul“Rohit Sharma ko injury hui, toh obviously Virat Kohli ne open kiya. Aapke paas KL Rahul regular opener hain, vo kyun nahi gaye open karne? Ispe behes ye hogi ki unhone wicketkeeping ki hui thi. Duniya me bohot saare players hain jo wicketkeeping ke saath open karte hain. Adam Gilchrist karte rahe, Kumar Sangakkara karte rahe, Quinton de Kock karte hain, kya ye utne fit nahi hain? Ajeeb si baat hai.”
