Rohit, my opening pair call was made hours before match: Shikhar
Ex-India opener Shikhar Dhawan revealed MS Dhoni decided for him and Rohit Sharma to open together "half a day" before their Champions Trophy 2013 opener against South Africa. "I was also new and was in my own world," he recalled. Rohit, who has scored 61 runs in the Champions Trophy 2025 so far, has 9,019 ODI runs as an opener.