Former star India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh hailed batting talisman Virat Kohli because the “best batter of this generation” throughout all codecs and outlined what makes the 35-year-old distinctive. At the ICC Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2023, Kohli’s profession reached new heights as he set a report for many runs scored and led the run charts. Kohli, who can be that includes for the sixth time within the T20 World Cup match, has set his eyes on the coveted trophy.
Yuvraj stated that the star batter deserves to win the World Cup medal greater than anybody. After collaborating within the 2011 World Cup profitable marketing campaign, Yuvraj acknowledged that Kohli deserved to win one other World Cup medal.
“He has definitely broken all the records in this era. The best batter of this generation, I feel, in all formats. And I think he is also someone who needs a World Cup Medal. He has one. I’m sure he is not satisfied with one. I think he surely deserves that medal as well,” Yuvraj stated in a chat with ICC.
The T20 World Cup has witnessed a few of Kohli’s most memorable knocks, most notably two years in the past on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the place he surprised over 90,000 spectators with a end like none different in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan. Virat performed one of the iconic knocks within the format, scoring 82* in simply 53 balls, with six fours and 4 sixes throughout a tense run-chase of 160 runs when India was 31/4 at one level.
Meanwhile, within the 2016 match, Australia took the brunt of Kohli’s beautiful brilliance as he displayed his potential to chase targets down. After 161 runs had been wanted to be chased, Kohli performed an unbelievable innings of 82 off 51 balls to take India semi-finals.
“I think he understands his game really well. He knows if he’s there till the end, he is going to win the game for India and he has done that on some big occasions – against Australia in Mohali as well. Once he had the confidence to chase and knew the situation, he knew how to bat in these situations, knows which bowlers to attack, which bowlers to take singles off, when to attack again, handle the pressure and when to change his game,” Yuvraj stated.
Kohli’s type in 2024 shouldn’t be all that removed from the 2014. The main scorer within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 version, the star batter introduced his availability to play Twenty20 Internationals for India previous to the T20 World Cup. He would be the mainstay of the batting lineup as soon as extra as India appears to be like to win the title.
Despite the fast development of Twenty20, Kohli has not had any issue maintaining, amassing 542 runs this IPL 2024 at a mean of 67.75 and a strike charge of 148.08.
“Why I think he was so good was because every time in nets or a practice situation, he would not go and just slog balls. In the nets, he would always bat like he was batting in a match. He put that in repetition after repetition after repetition. I have not seen that in many players. I think that is the key to his success,” Yuvraj describes.
Earlier on this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced India’s 15-player squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue are positioned in Group A of the ICC match alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA.
India will start their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Ireland on June 5 on the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, adopted by the marquee conflict in opposition to Pakistan on June 9 on the identical venue.
