Virat Kohli does not need us, we need him: Bumrah
Bumrah, however, stressed that Kohli knows his cricket better than anyone else and that his experience of batting in these challenging conditions was essential from the team’s perspective.
Bumrah, however, stressed that Kohli knows his cricket better than anyone else and that his experience of batting in these challenging conditions was essential from the team’s perspective.
After smashing his 30th Test hundred in the ongoing first Border-Gavaskar Trophy game against Australia at Perth Stadium, talismanic batter Virat Kohli reflected on it, saying he takes great pride in making runs for the country.
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
Watson felt that Kohli might pose less of a threat if left undisturbed by the Australians.
Former Australia fast-bowler Mitchell Johnson said he wonders if the current situation would give Virat Kohli all the determination he needs to make big runs for India in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Seeing Kohli's inability to defend his citadel against quality bowlers, former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop expressed concern that various types of bowlers are getting the former RCB captain out amid his recent poor form.
Asked on what has been a contributing factor in Bangalore's three-match losing streak, Maxwell remarked, "It is a bunch of things (that haven't gone right), we were a bit unlucky in the last game, we were an inch away from having Tewatia out and it would have been a different game.
Following a prolonged lean patch for RCB in IPL 2022, Kohli finally broke the jinx, scoring 58 off 53 balls against Gujarat Titans on April 30 at the Brabourne. And while the half-century came in a losing cause - RCB lost by six wickets
Kohli finally scored a half-century after a string of failures (0, 0, 9 in his previous three innings), and Gavaskar said the fifty came at the right time for him and will serve as a confidence booster for the batter.
When Virat Kohli fails with the bat, India's media, or self-important constituent units of it, phrases its sentences in a way suggestive of a rather egregious lapse in the Great Scheme of Things, like a pregnant man in a maternity ward.