2024-04-25 16:52:26
Hyderabad: Virat Kohli may have strengthened his hold on the Orange Cap by scoring a half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad, but his sluggish batting in the IPL is beyond comprehension. On the night of 25th April, Virat bowled 43 balls to score 51 runs. He is being trolled fiercely on social media for batting so slowly in the T-20 format. In the match, Virat scored only 19 runs in 25 balls played after the powerplay. While he used 16 balls to score the first 32 runs, he managed to score only 19 runs in the next 27 balls. Now, on the basis of such performance, at least he does not deserve a place in the T20 World Cup squad.
Soil poured on a great start
After losing the toss in the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 206 runs for seven wickets. Virat Kohli and Faf Duplessis together gave a stormy start to Royal Challengers Bangalore, but Virat Kohli slowed down as soon as Faf Duplessis was out after scoring 25 runs in 12 balls in the fourth over. New batsman Rajat Patidar took the responsibility of the attack. Scored a stormy half-century in 19 balls and was out on the 20th ball. Kohli’s sluggish innings continued. Virat became the victim of Jaydev Unadkat in the 15th over. After him, Cameron Green contributed unbeaten 37 runs in 20 balls. Swapnil Singh (12 runs on six balls) scored quick runs in the last overs to take RCB beyond 200 runs. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaydev Unadkat took three wickets while T Natarajan took two wickets. Mayank Markande took one wicket.
Kohli should learn from Rajat Patidar only.
Kohli and Faf Du Plessis (25 runs from 12 balls) batted aggressively against the bowlers of Hyderabad team and added runs quickly. Due to this, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins gave away 19 runs in his very first over. RCB had scored 43 runs without any loss in the first 18 balls but could still score only 61 runs after losing one wicket in the powerplay. In this way, Patidar took only 19 balls to reach his half-century, whereas Kohli, who is on top among the players scoring the most runs in IPL, faced 37 balls to score 50 runs.