Kohli Returns to Spotlight with All-round Performance as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Crushed Kings XI Punjab in Dharamshala IPL Match on Thursday. First, he sets the stage on fire with a bat and later steals headlines with some fantastic fielding.
Kohli was lucky with the bat early in the tournament when he was bowled for ducks against Kings XI Punjab.
Nevertheless, he took advantage of those opportunities and made his rivals pay handsomely by scoring 92 runs off just 47 balls as an RCB icon.
In that same match, Kohli displayed a ‘Superman’ act where after hitting the ball through the long-on boundary, he ran in from there only to beat Punjab’s last hope Shashank Singh who scored 37 off just 19 balls. point.
Punjab were all-out for 181 chasing RCB’s mammoth total of 241 for 7 thereby losing by 60 runs.
While this victory kept RCB alive in the playoff race, it was Kohli’s all-round performance that became talk of town. The Orange Cap holder has now scored 634 runs in 12 innings becoming only second batsman after KL Rahul who has achieved four or more times over six hundred runs seasons in IPL history.
He reflected on how focused Kohli is about his business; that notwithstanding even if he goes through a long break. He remains focused and wants to do something through everything he does.
“He is such a band that wherever he is, he must always stay in his frame (area). Whenever he comes back, you’ll hear him say “what have I done” (he is such a person Wherever he is, whenever he comes back), stay focused,” said Shami on Cricbuzz.
A son’s birth caused Kohli to take an extended leave during which time he missed England’s five-match Test series at home before the onset of IPL.
“His plans are very clear, whether it’s fitness or batting. Even if you tell him to bowl, he will do that, even with his wrong foot,” Shami laughed.
Had today’s generation had such role models, how much more would have they learnt – about fitness, skills and many other things. Everywhere you look there is faithfulness in everything. This is Virat On Kohli.
