Virat Kohli, T20 World Cup 2024 Final: The wait for cricket lovers is over. The deciding match of the T20 World Cup 2024 will be played today (June 29) between India and South Africa at the Kensington Oval. Both the teams are ready for the biggest match. Rohit and Co. are also desperate to create history for the second time, but one major problem of the team is yet to be resolved. The Indian team has been winning consistently in the tournament, but the bat of the team’s biggest match-winner is still quiet. This is the biggest tension of Team India.
You might be wondering which legendary player we are talking about, then it is none other than Team India’s most experienced batsman Virat Kohli. King Kohli’s bat has been completely quiet so far in the ongoing tournament. Barring his innings of 37 against Bangladesh, he has struggled for runs in the tournament so far.
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Everyone hopes that King Kohli will make a run in the final.
Despite Kohli’s flop performance in the tournament, cricket lovers are hopeful that he will score a lot of runs today and contribute significantly to Team India’s victory. World cricket legends also believe the same. Former England cricket team spinner Monty Panesar says that Team India will definitely win today. Not only this, he has also made predictions about Kohli.
Monty Paneser’s prediction
While predicting Virat Kohli who is going through a bad phase, Monty Panesar said in a conversation with ANI news agency that he will score a century against South Africa today. “Indian team will win the T20 World Cup final and Virat Kohli will score 100,” he says.
Rohit and Rahul are not worried
After winning the ‘semi-final’ match against England, captain Rohit Sharma and the team’s head coach Rahul Dravid had a special conversation about Kohli. Meanwhile, he defended Kohli despite his poor performance. Dravid emphasized in the press conference that Kohli’s intentions in the tournament have been positive so far, which has been very beneficial for the team.
“When you play risky shots many times, you don’t succeed every time,” said Dravid. In today’s match too, he hit a huge six to keep the run rate going. However, the ball on which he was dismissed was unfortunately too seamy. I loved his determination against the opposition team.
Captain Rohit Sharma hopes Virat Kohli has saved his best innings of the tournament for the final. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid also has similar thoughts.
Ravi Shastri said why runs are not coming from Virat’s bat
During a conversation with Star Sports, Team India’s former head coach Ravi Shastri tried to explain to some extent why they could not make a run in the tournament. Shastri said that Virat is starting to play aggressive shots very soon. Due to which he is leaving his area. This is the reason why he is getting out early.
According to Shastri, “This is not their game.” He is in a hurry to hit the big shots. If he goes for a big shot after spending some time at the crease, he can improve the situation.
Virat Kohli’s performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has participated in 7 matches so far in the ongoing tournament. Meanwhile, only 75 runs have come from his bat in 7 innings at an average of 11. Meanwhile, his strike rate has been close to 100.