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The Indian fans who were hoping to win the 2nd trophy after 15 years at the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup held in Australia were once again left with a big disappointment. Because India, who won the league round with the necessary wins, suffered a crushing defeat as usual in the stressful knockout round and went out without even qualifying for the finals. As a result, the fans expressing dissatisfaction with what is the use of being the number one team with world-class players are demanding that the star players, including captain Rohit Sharma, should be removed and young players should be given a chance.
In this series, it can be said that India reached the semi-final round due to Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav’s batting. Especially after 2019, the promising star Virat Kohli returned to form after smashing the criticisms for not scoring a hundred after 2019. With the same freshness, he played an unforgettable innings in history against the arch-rivals Pakistan in the first cricket match of this World Cup and secured an incredible victory.
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Is the review fair:
As well as in the rest of the matches, he made the record as the batsman who accumulated the most runs (296) in this World Cup but could not win the trophy due to the poor performance of other players. Earlier in the 2014 and 2016 World Cups, he also faced the disappointment of not winning the trophy as the highest run-scoring batsman.
Earlier in the knockout match against England, Virat Kohli, who struggled as an anchor for India who stumbled due to the loss of key players such as Rohit Sharma, Rahul and Suryakumar, was dismissed at the last minute after scoring 50 (40) runs. In the end, Pandya showed action by accumulating 63 (33) runs, England chasing 168 runs scored by India was a different story. But Virat Kohli, who scored 50 runs in 40 balls while the other batsmen were struggling in the match, was criticized that he should have played at a slightly faster pace.
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Former player Virender Sehwag has responded by saying that if the 50 runs scored by Virat Kohli in the match against England came during the chasing game, like the world appreciated Ben Stokes’ 52* runs scored in 49 balls by playing very slowly while chasing in the final, former player Virender Sehwag has responded. Here is what he talked about in a recent interview:
“Ben Stokes would have faced too much criticism if he had scored 52 off 49 balls in the first innings. However, his innings looked good on paper as he played according to the situation. Meanwhile we are criticizing Virat Kohli’s innings as India lost the match against England. Had India won then, his innings would have become very important.”
“If you say, India scored 168 runs because of that innings. Here Ben Stokes scored an unbeaten 52 with an over to spare to win. That’s why his looks even better.” Virender Sehwag said that Ben Stokes who played slower than Virat Kohli was celebrated because England won the game. But as India lost, he expressed concern that Virat Kohli’s important 50 (40) runs were being considered as trivial and unscrupulous criticism.
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