Sports Desk. In the sixth match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore registered their first win of the season by defeating Punjab Kings by 4 wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In this match, RCB’s ace batsman and former captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli made the Punjab Kings bowlers his victim and played an excellent inning of 77 runs in 49 balls, hitting amazing shots in all four corners of the field.
Due to this excellent innings, Kohli was chosen Player of the Match in the match. Kohli is currently leading the race for Orange Camp in IPL. His game was discussed during the match but what Kohli did after that is being discussed a lot in the cricket world. In fact, after being selected as the Player of the Match, when he was asked about being dropped from the T20 World Cup, Virat gave a befitting reply to his critics in a few words and said a big thing about the T20 World Cup. Know what Virat said after receiving the Player of the Match award.
The audience should not get too excited. only two matches have taken place
Virat said, “The audience should not get too excited. Only two matches have taken place now. I know the importance of the orange cap. I have been in love with the audience for years. People talk a lot about playing. At the end of the day, you don’t talk about achievements, statistics and numbers, but about memories. This is what Rahul Dravid says. Friendship, love, encouragement and support are wonderful, you miss them and never forget them.”
I couldn’t finish the match, which is sad
Virat further said, “I could not finish the match, which is sad. I had the ball in the slot and played it straight to deep point. Well, returning after two months and playing such an innings was not bad. I had to hit aerial cover drives because the bowlers did not give me a chance to play in the gap. Rabada and Arshdeep knew that I hit good cover drives, so they tried to stop me from playing like that. You come with a game plan and keep improving.”
I think I still have passion
Regarding the uproar over the selection for ICC T20 World Cup 2024, he said, “I know my name is used to promote T20 cricket across the world, but I feel that I still have the enthusiasm within me”. Virat further said about the break, “We were not in the country. We were at a place where people were not recognizing us. Spending time together as a family, feeling normal for two months – for me, for my family – it was a surreal experience.”
Why questions on Kohli’s selection in T20 World Cup?
It is noteworthy that during his entire T20 career, Virat Kohli has scored 12,092 runs in 378 matches at an average of 41.26, which includes eight centuries and 92 fifties. His best score is 122*. Virat is the highest T20 run scorer for India and is at sixth position overall. But for some time now he has not been able to do anything special in T20 International. This is the reason why there is doubt about Kohli’s inclusion in the team for this global tournament.
Kohli recently tried to bat aggressively in the home T20 series against Afghanistan before the five-match Test series against England, but he could not make an impact in that series. Kohli’s best score against Afghanistan was 29 runs. According to media reports, the selectors believe that the slow wicket in West Indies does not suit Kohli’s natural game. Therefore, the selection committee is assessing its options for the showpiece event. According to some media reports, chief selector Ajit Agarkar has been given the responsibility of convincing Kohli to make room for the youth in the team. It has also been claimed in these reports that Agarkar has informed Kohli about the change.
Let us tell you that immediately after the IPL, the ICC T20 World Cup is to be organized jointly by America and West Indies in June. In the last match, Kohli has given a befitting reply to his critics with the bat by playing a brilliant inning of 77 runs. Looking at Kohli’s performance, it seems that the Indian team will need him at any cost in the T20 World Cup.
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