Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir's continued their poor run as openers for Team India in the World T20 opener against Afghanistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday
The Delhi duo failed to get India off to a rollicking start as tall left-arm seamer Shapoor Zardan gave Afghanistan a dream start, removing both Gambhir (caught behind, 8) and Sehwag (bowled, 10) within the first five overs with only 22 runs on the board.
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However, Kohli was confident India’s openers will be among the runs soon. “Normally, when you hit a bad patch in the T20s, it tends to get stretched for a few matches but you need that one match to make a comeback. And in this format, a good start means 40-45 runs unlike ODIs where you need 85-90 run starts. I believe our openers are experienced and soon they will get big scores,” said Kohli. u00a0