You might be wondering which stalwart we are talking about, then it is none other than Team India’s most experienced batsman Virat Kohli. King Kohli’s bat has remained completely silent so far in the ongoing tournament. Barring his 37-run innings played against Bangladesh, till now in the tournament he has been seen struggling for runs.
Everyone hopes that King Kohli will score runs in the final.
Despite Kohli’s flop performance in the tournament, cricket fans are hopeful that he will score a lot of runs today and contribute significantly to Team India’s victory. World cricket stalwarts also believe the same. Former England cricket team spinner Monty Panesar says that Team India will definitely win today. Not only this, he has also made predictions about Kohli.
Monty Panesar’s prediction
While predicting about Virat Kohli who is going through a bad phase, Monty Panesar has told in a conversation with ANI news agency that he will score a century against South Africa today. He says, “The Indian team will win the final match of the T20 World Cup and Virat Kohli will score 100 runs.”
Rohit and Rahul are not worried
After winning the ‘semi-final’ match against England, captain Rohit Sharma and team head coach Rahul Dravid had a special conversation about Kohli. Meanwhile, he had defended Kohli despite his poor performance. Dravid had stressed in the press conference that Kohli’s intentions in the tournament so far have been positive, which is very beneficial for the team.
Dravid said, “When you play risky shots many times, you do not get success in it every time.” Even in today’s match, he hit a powerful six to maintain the run pace. However, the ball on which he was out unfortunately turned out to be too seamy. I liked his determination against the opposition team.
Captain Rohit Sharma hopes that Virat Kohli has saved his best innings of the tournament for the final. Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid also has similar thoughts.
Ravi Shastri told why runs are not coming from Virat’s bat
During a conversation with Star Sports, Team India’s former head coach Ravi Shastri tried to explain to some extent why he is not able to score runs in the tournament. Shastri said that Virat is starting to play aggressive shots very soon. Due to which he is moving out of his area. This is the reason why he is getting out early.
According to Shastri, “This is not his game.” He is in a hurry to hit big shots. If he goes for big shots after spending some time at the crease, he can improve the situation.
Virat Kohli’s performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has participated in 7 matches so far in the ongoing tournament. Meanwhile, only 75 runs have come from his bat in 7 innings at an average of 11. Meanwhile, his strike rate has been close to 100.