AB de Villiers shared his skilled opinion on Virat Kohli‘s function in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday, May 22. Virat Kohli’s performances as an opener in the IPL 2024 have led many to predict and counsel a gap function for the in-form batter in the mega occasion in the USA and West Indies beginning on June 1.
Kohli is main the Orange Cap race in the IPL 2024 with over 700 runs at a powerful strike price. His heroics as an opener have cut up the cricket fraternity with many, together with the previous Australian captain Ricky Ponting, suggesting India ought to promote Kohli to open in the World Cup.
But Kohli’s former RCB teammate AB de Villiers believes Kohli ought to proceed to bat in the no.3 function. Kohli has a confirmed report at no.3 in white-ball worldwide cricket and the legendary South African additionally believes that function is best suited for the India star.
“I feel he’s a number three batsman and that’s where he’s most impactful,” AB de Villiers instructed PTI. “He’s almost like the captain of the batting team everywhere he goes. He keeps the calmness and composure within the batting unit.”
With Yashasvi Jaiswal failing for consistency in the IPL 2024, Kohli has taken the event by storm with an aggressive model of cricket. Kohli boasts a powerful strike price as an opener and has already lodged 38 sixes in 15 innings in the IPL 2024.
“But if I was playing a TV game, Xbox, he would come in at number three in my team. I feel there’s too much risk in those first couple of overs to go and ask Virat to take the game on, to hit the ball in the air. All I want him to do is to bat between overs 4 and 16-17, somewhere there. I feel that’s where he’s best in the world by a country mile and that’s where he’s most impactful,” de Villiers added.
