Don’t write off champions: Nathan Lyon on Kohli’s recent batting slump
The Australian team must be hoping to take advantage of Virat Kohli’s prolonged batting slump when the two sides clash in the five-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy
Veteran Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar feels Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the modern-day Don Bradman.
When Shoaib Akhtar, who is also fondly known as Rawalpindi express among his fans, was asked on Twitter if he thinks the stylish Indian captain is the modern-day Bradman, he simply replied, “Of course he is; no question about it”.
Virat Kohli has become a force to be reckoned with in cricket. Many experts and fans often compare him with former greats including Australian legend Sir Don.
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In the recently concluded five-match One Day International series against West Indies that India won by 3-1, Kohli was in terrific form. In the ODI series against the Windies, Kohli scored 453 runs in five matches with the help of three centuries.
Kohli was also awarded with Man of the Series for his excellent batting. Recently he became the fastest to reach the mark of 10,000 runs by notching up the numbers in just 205 innings dethroning his fellow countryman Sachin Tendulkar who took 259 innings.
Virat Kohli is also just 11 centuries short from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most number of hundreds (49) in the limited overs game.
So far the Indian skipper has donned the white jersey for India 73 times and amassed 6331 runs with the help of 24 centuries and 19 fifties. The 29-year-old Indian captain has played 216 ODI matches and scored 10,232 runs with the help of 38 hundred and 58 fifties. Virat Kohli’s highest score in limited overs cricket is 183.
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