Former India opener, Aakash Chopra reckons that KL Rahul should open for India to open alongside Shikhar Dhawan in the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia. Chopra reckons that Rahul can easily score a double century in ODIs if he gets the chance to open the innings in Rohit Sharma’s absence. Rahul was in incredible form in IPL 2020 as h earned the Orange Cap by scoring 670 runs in 14 matches.

During a recent chat on his Youtube channel, Aakash Chopra said, “This question does not have an easy answer because Rohit is not there. So, the question is who will be opening with Shikhar, who will be one of the openers in ODIs and T20Is. Do you see Mayank Agarwal opening, that is a big question, or will you see towards Sanju Samson or open with KL Rahul.”

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He further added, “My heart says that KL Rahul should open because the sort of player he is, he scores hundreds, and in my opinion, if he plays very well, he can even score a double hundred in ODIs.”

Aakash Chopra went on to predict India’s probable XI in the limited over series against Australia:

Chopra elaborated, “So this is how the team will look like Mayank with Shikhar, Kohli at No.3, Iyer at No.4, Rahul at No.5, Hardik at No.6, Jaddu at No.7 and after that four bowlers Chahal, Bumrah, Shami and I will go with T Natarajan.”

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The much-anticipated series between India and Australia will kick off from November 27 with a 3-match ODI series. The ODI series will be followed by 3 T20I fixtures before finally entering the Test leg which starts in Adelaide with a Day-Night Test from December 17.