Virat Kohli has been lauded as India’s “best batsman of this generation” in all forms of the game by former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and he explained the special quality that sets the 35-year-old apart from others.
The existing ODI Men’s Cricket World Cup for 2023, saw Kohli top the run charts and break record for most runs scored.alongside with a T20 World Cup around the corner, KohliJust about to take part in his sixth tournament, he is aiming at winning the elusive trophy.
For Yuvraj, no other person deserves to win a T20 World Cup medal more than this star batsman. The best player of the 2011 world cup said that Kohli deserves an additional world cup trophy.
‘He certainly broke every possible record of our time. In my opinion he is across all formats; which makes him better than anybody else.’ ‘And I think he also needs one from a World Cup’. He has one already. Yeah I’m sure For sure he does and I know he also deserves it too. Yuvraj said on ICC chat.
Some of his memorable innings came during preceding T20 world cups with two years ago at Melbourne Cricket Ground where versus arch-rivals Pakistan, he stunned over 90,000 people with an unprecedented showing.’
With India needing 31/4, Virat played one of the most memorable Twenty20 innings ever scored in history when he made 160 runs off only 53 balls under intense pressure including six fours and four sixes that contributed 82 points.
During this tournament in Australia in 2016 when Kohli showed how resolute and single-minded in pursuit of success here was; they were left reeling from his tremendous talent display. On the back of Kohli’s stunning 51-ball knock worths82runs, India reached semis with161runs against Australia in the quarter-finals.
“I think he knows his game very well. He knows that if he lasts till the end, he will win the game for India and he has done that on some big occasions – against Australia in Mohali as well. Once He said,”Yuvraj,”Confidently.”Whenever there is a chase or a situation, he knows how to bat in those situations, who are bowlers to attack, which ones are singles bowlers, when they should pressurize them again and let go of the pressure and change the match later on.”
Kohli’s form in 2024 isn’t much different from what it was in 2014. The great batsman ahead of T20 World Cup (IPL) In 2024, announced that the top run-scorer for IPL could represent India at Twenty20 Internationals. With such a decision being made this year, he would once more be a key figure in batting line-up as India tries to win it All.
In IPL 2024 alone Kohli had no difficulty keeping up with the pace of T20 cricket; scoring 542 runs with an average of 67.75 and strike rate of 148.08.
“That’s why I think he is so good: every time I see him with Nets or practicing somewhere else then you’d never just go out there and throw your arms around without having any thought behind your practice.” With nets on net sessions like real matches they were saying ‘It’s like you’re playing’. This was repeated when it was over
Earlier this month, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the list of 15 Indian players for forthcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The team is placed in Group A with co-hosts USA, Ireland, Pakistan and Canada.
India will kick-start their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on June 5 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Thereafter, on June 9 the team gets to have an interesting match with Pakistan at the same venue.
