India, March 16 -- Ever since Virat Kohli picked Virender Sehwag as a better T20 opener than Sachin Tendulkar, he has been getting hell on social media.

How could he pick Sehwag over the most decorated player of the last three decades for sure? That was what baffled cricket enthusiasts not a little.

But then, Kohli is not wrong. Sehwag was a better T20 opener than Sachin Tendulkar. He was part of the team that won the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, and he played his part with a couple of good knocks, especially with his 68 against England in an important match. It was unfortunate, though, that he couldn't play in the final on account of injury.

In all, he played 19 T20Is. Tendulkar, on the other hand, played just one ...