On the eve of the Australia match, skipper Virat Kohli stressed on how lucky he is to have quality openers like Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. Twenty-four hours later, he was left to rue the thumb injury suffered by Dhawan at The Oval.

As India braced themselves to prepare for the void left by Dhawan, who is definitely set to miss today's clash v New Zealand, the high-voltage match against Pakistan as well as the Afghanistan clash, Kohli was seen having a long chat with KL Rahul here yesterday.