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No Virat Kohli in Harbhajan Singh's all-time T20 XI

Veteran off-spinner selects MS Dhoni as captain, goes with Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle as openers

Our Bureau Published 07.11.21, 06:22 PM
Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli. File Photo.

Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli go back a long way.

They've both shared the dressing room for years, and have also won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under MS Dhoni's leadership.

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But the camaraderie does not come in the way of business, if you can call it that.

When Bhajji went to town with his all-time T20 XI on Sunday, Kohli's name didn't feature in the line-up. We will put two and two together later. Let's have a look at the line-up first.

1) Rohit Sharma 2) Chris Gayle 3) Jos Buttler 4) Shane Watson 5) AB de Villiers 6) MS Dhoni (c) 7) Dwayne Bravo 8) Kieron Pollard 9) Sunil Narine 10) Lasith Malinga 11) Jasprit Bumrah

Looks like a winning team on paper.

Kohli's poor run in his last stint as T20I skipper could be a major factor in Harbhajan not picking him. India took off on a shoddy note, registering losses versus Pakistan and New Zealand.

It was too late by the time the Men in Blue hit the purple patch versus Afghanistan and Scotland.

They next face Namibia on Monday, and, if reports are to be believed, it could be Kohli's last game as white-ball skipper.

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