What Virat Kohli's Five Runs Off Nine Balls Disclose About India's Batting in the World Cup T20
The ICC T20 Men’s World Cup 2024 is on its Super 8 stage. Many fresh players are going beyond their caliber, and some experienced players are still not in the flow. Virat Kohli, one of the most celebrated Indian batters, doesn't match the expectations of the fans in the three matches of the group stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup.
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In the 3 group stage games, he only scored 5 runs in 9 balls which makes the fans assume about India’s Batting in the World Cup T20. Read the complete new blog and learn in detail about this topic.
India's Batting in the World Cup T20
Indian batting is taking a turn as one of the best Indian batsmen, Virat Kohli, is unable to show his magic in the T20 World Cup 2024 group stage. People have high expectations from this player. Team India, as a whole, performed extremely well in the Group stage and lost no match. Even in the Super 8 stage, India won their match against Afghanistan and are all set to face Bangladesh today on 22nd Jun 2024 (Saturday).
Virat Kohli T20 World Cup 2024
Virat Kohli’s performance in this World Cup 2024 did not match the expectations of fans all around the world to date. His back-to-back failure is a point of concern for the Indian national team. Kohli has emerged as the highest run scorer in the 2022 season of the T20 World Cup tournament.
- For 2024, Kohli failed to perform well in the three games of the group stage of this tournament. He joined Rohit Sharma, the Indian Captain, as the opener batsman of the team, but he only scored 5 runs from 9 balls.
- Various former players as cricketers and experts have shared their views on this and mentioned that Virat Kohli should be demoted to the third position. They suggested that Team India should select another opener for the team.
Who can be the next opener for National Team India?
Some reports suggested that Rishabh Pant, an Indian wicket-keeper batsman, would be promoted as an opening batter for the Indian National Cricket team. Even, the performance of Suryakumar Yadav, an Indian batter, is outstanding in the T20 World Cup 2024 and he will be a strong contender for the opening batsman position in team India.
Virat in the Supr 8 Stage of T20 World Cup 2024
In the first Super 8 match of India vs Afghanistan, Kohli scored 24 runs on 24 balls with one six. Here, the fans can observe a slight improvement in his performance in comparison with this year’s group stage performance in which he scored 5 runs in 9 balls in 3 matches. In the second Super 8 match, India will face Bangladesh on June 22 (Saturday).
Indian Batting Coach on Virat Kohli Super 8 Stage Performance
As Virat Kohli only scored 29 runs so far as an Indian opening batter and former skipper, Vikram Rathour, the Indian Batting coach is worried about the form of the player. Despite this form of Kohli, Rathore is still confident that Kohli will be back in the form soon. He confirmed that Virat Kohli will open for India in the 2nd Super 8 match against Bangladesh. He stated:
“Obviously we want him to score but even when he hasn’t, the others have chipped in, which is a good sign. But Virat stays at the top of the order and we know he will get the runs.”
Team India's Batting in the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup 2024
As some of the top players are not yet in their original form of batting in the Indian National team, the fans were expecting some major changes in the team line-up. India has strong batters in the national team like - Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, and many others. The new players were expected to replace the openers who are well-experienced in the game due to their awful performance in the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2024. As some improvement is observed in these players in the Super 8 stage, the changes may not occur. Many experts were suggesting to demote Kohli to third place and replace him with Rishabh Pant, who is performing well in this tournament.
Conclusion
Virat Kohli in the 3 group stage games, only scored 5 runs in 9 balls, which brought the idea of replacing him with any other player or the opening batsman position. Meanwhile, he showed growth in his first match against Afghanistan in the Super 8 Stage.
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