T20 World Cup 2024: Virat Kohli gets clarity about his role in T20I
Virat Kohli ‘s role in T20I: Just five months before the T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies, concerns have increased over the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to T20I. The BCCI’s conservative approach towards the shortest format of the game was heavily criticized as India made a group-stage exit at the 2021 T20 World Cup and failed to end their ICC trophy drought with a semi-final knockout against England in 2022. Stayed.
Over the past 14 months, India have moved to explore other options in this format, and despite new talent proving their worth, the selectors fell back on two stalwarts, Virat and Rohit.
How is Virat Kohli’s record in T20I in the last few years :-
Even looking at Kohli’s IPL stats over the last few seasons, a significant shortcoming was highlighted. In fact, experts and veterans had weighed in on his T20I comeback and pointed out that his figures against spin variations in the middle overs have been worrying. Since 2020, Kohli has managed to register a strike rate of just 116.27 between overs 7 and 16 and hits a four at an average of 10.6 balls. This number further reduces when playing against spinners.
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As reported by Cricbuzz :-
However, it has been reported by Cricbuzz that Kohli has got clarity on his role in the T20I format as India continue to prepare for the World Cup in June. This happened during a meeting with selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar, who visited Cape Town earlier this month ahead of the second Test against South Africa.
The report further revealed that there is no certainty whether Agarkar had a similar conversation with Rohit, but the former India cricketer did speak to head coach Rahul Dravid on India’s plans for the T20 World Cup. Had talked.
First match of IND vs AFG series on 11 January :-
Also let us tell you that Indian players are expected to gather in Mohali on the morning of 10th January. The opening match of IND vs AFG series will be played on 11 January.