The Indian selectors have not selected former captain Virat Kohli for the five-match T20 series against the West Indies starting at the end of this month. There were already fears that Kohli would be dropped from the team. Virat Kohli is one of the top four batsman in the current cricket but he has been out of form for the past several months.
Kohli’s performance was not only criticized by critics, but former Indian cricketers were also worried about Kohli’s performance. The Indian selectors on Thursday announced the 18-member T20 squad for the tour of the West Indies, but Virat Kohli’s name was not included in it.
After Kohli’s name was not included in the Indian squad, Pakistan team captain Babar Azam shared a picture taken with Kohli on Twitter and urged them to stay strong, saying “this time too will pass.” It should be noted that Babar Azam is currently on the first position in the ICC ODI and T20 rankings, while he is fourth in the Test rankings. Earlier, Virat Kohli was at number one in the ranking of the best batsmen. Babar Azam and Virat Kohli are known as fellow batsmen and cricket commentators regard both batsmen as the best batsmen in modern cricket.”
For Babar Azam coming in support of Kohli in this way, the Pakistani captain is being highly appreciated by the cricket circles. Indian sports journalist Vikrant Gupta shared Babar’s tweet and wrote, “Babar you are a hero.” A South African sports journalist shared Babar’s tweet and commented, “This is the true spirit of cricket.
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| Pakistani Captain Babar Azam Came Out In Support Of Virat Kohli |
Virat kohli made no century in last 78 innings he made his last century in 2019 against Bangladesh.
It should be noted that Virat Kohli has scored 3308 runs at an average of 50.12 in 99 T20 matches. He has scored 12 thousand 327 and 8 thousand 74 runs respectively in 261 ODIs and 102 Test matches for India.
After Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli is the third most century scorer in cricket who has scored 70 centuries so far. Tendulkar is first with 100 centuries and Ponting is second with 71 centuries. Kohli’s record is no less than that of a great player but his performance has been disappointing for the past several months. In the second ODI against England on Thursday, he could only score 16 runs.
Earlier, in two T20 matches against England, he was able to score one and eleven runs, while he also failed in the rescheduled fifth Test. It should be noted that the series of five Test matches between India and England was played last year. The fifth match of which was canceled due to the Corona epidemic. The canceled match was played this month in which England beat India to level the series 2-2.
Journalist Arafa Feroze Zaki says Virat Kohli has gone down in the Indian squad and ICC rankings and his performance is continuously declining. The direction of the winds is pushing Kohli towards the closed gates and his comeback has become the most difficult.
Earlier, former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif had predicted in one of his videos that if Virat ever had a slump, he would find it very difficult to regain his form. Mohammad Asif said that Virat is compared to Sachin Tendulkar but he feels that Virat does not even come close to Sachin. Asif argues that Sachin was an ‘upper-hand’ batsman, meaning he got on top of the ball and played short, while Kohli was a ‘bottom-hand’ batsman who shorted the ball from below.
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