At one level of time in opposition to Pakistan, Virat Kohli was struggling. He was 12 off 21, and he even stated after the match that he was having thought that he was messing up the sport. But Kohli took his sport to the subsequent stage and scored 71 runs from the subsequent 32 balls to assist India will by 4 wickets.
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik explains why Virat Kohli is so good in chasing.
“Self-belief is the key to Virat’s success. As a batter, if you are under pressure while chasing, but at one point, the opposition will also come under pressure. That is what Virat does; he takes the opposition in that zone, where you will break. And then he executes his A game,” Malik stated throughout an interplay on A Sports.
“He assesses the situation like no one else; that’s why he is so successful while chasing,” he added.
Malik additionally breaks down how Kohli ticks all of the containers; whereas chasing and in opposition to Pakistan, he displayed all of the sides of his sport.
“Even if he is batting first, his average must be equally good. But in the chase, he ticks all the boxes, he rotates strike very well, he can hit the big shots, and the fascinating thing about his batting is that he plays shots in the gaps. He never panics, never changes his game, and you will hardly see him muscling the ball. He backs his game even when he is immensely under pressure,” stated Malik.
Malik additionally praises the six-hitting functionality of Virat Kohli.
“Look at Virat’s sixes. He was striking those at the end as if he is a power-hitter, which he is not. But the amount of balls he faced, he had an idea of what the bowlers were doing and how the pitch was behaving,” he stated.
India will face the Netherlands on Thursday on the Sydney Cricket Ground.
