Before the T20 World Cup, there was a lot of discussion about Virat Kohli's batting position. Finally, looking at his batting in IPL 2024, captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid decided to make him open. India started its campaign with a match against Ireland in New York and Kohli also became Rohit Sharma's partner from this match.

However, so far he has flopped in all three matches. In such a situation, questions have started arising about this decision whether Kohli is being forced to start the innings. Now Virat's special friend AB de Villiers has made an appeal to the captain and head coach of Team India in view of this.

What did de Villiers say about Virat?

Team India has now reached West Indies after finishing its journey to New York, where it has to play three matches of Super-8. Virat Kohli may be failing in opening, but it seems unlikely that captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Dravid will back down from their decision in this round.

Meanwhile, Kohli's friend de Villiers is worried about his batting position and has suggested changing it and sending him back to number 3.

According to AB de Villiers, there is no better option than Virat at number 3 in the whole world. According to him, Kohli can handle pressure in the middle overs as well as attack. De Villiers said on his YouTube channel that he does not see any point in making Virat Kohli open on a wicket like West Indies. Let us tell you that Kohli has been able to score only 5 runs in the last three matches, in which he scored 1 in the first match, 4 in the second and 0 in the third.

De Villiers' advice to Team India

The Indian team will now want to make it to the semi-finals by winning the Super-8 matches. In such a situation, de Villiers has given an important advice to Team India. According to him, during the World Cup, the Indian team has been playing with a very old mindset, but this time it should attack first. De Villiers called Team India a quality side and said that this team should take risks in the beginning and pull the momentum towards itself.