In India's T20 World Cup match against Ireland on Wednesday, batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes that Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma should start at the top of the order, with Yashasvi Jaiswal moving down to the number three spot. The topic of Kohli's batting position during the T20 World Cup has generated a lot of discussion.

For a very long time, Kohli has been India's official number three batter in the white-ball format. After an outstanding IPL season, he is heading to the major event. "Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to open the batting along with Yashasvi Jaiswal at three," Gavaskar stated on "Star Sports" when revealing his ideal lineup for the match.

Kohli, who bats first for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, amassed 741 runs at a strike rate of over 154 and an average of 61.75 in 15 games. During the prolific stretch, he hit five fifties and a century. For the wicketkeeping role, Gavaskar selected the flamboyant Rishabh Pant ahead of Sanju Samson and Mohammed Siraj ahead of left-arm bowler Arshdeep Singh.

"Rishabh Pant at five, Suryakumar Yadav at four." I would rank Hardik Pandya at number six, Ravindra Jadeja at number seven, and Shivam Dube at number eight—not necessarily in that batting order. Number 10 will be Jasprit Bumrah, number 11 will be Siraj, and number 9 will be Kuldeep Yadav, he stated.