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Kohli says flexible batting order can ‘surprise’ India’s opponents

Virat Kohli

By: Sarwar Alam

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. Kohli, one of the world’s leading batsmen, was involved in two surprises — he came in at a relatively lowly number six and was promptly out for a second-ball duck. But by then India were well on the way to going 1-0 up in a two-match series, with Rohit Sharma (97) and Shikhar Dhawan (74) sharing an opening stand of 160 in 16 overs. Suresh…

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