Amid Sunil Gavaskar’s criticism, Wasim Akram’s shocking decision on Virat Kohli’s scoring rate. cricket news

Already selected for India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad, Virat Kohli has been a big topic of discussion among fans and pundits regarding his strike-rate in T20 cricket. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman has been crucial in his team’s victories on several occasions this campaign, but analysts have also blamed his poor strike-rate for some of the defeats. Sunil Gavaskar was one of the critics who questioned Kohli’s intentions, but Pakistan legend Wasim Akram does not think the RCB star has done anything wrong.

A few days ago, Kohli himself had responded to the critics, hitting back at them over criticism of his strike-rate and struggle against the spinners, which led to a sharp criticism from Gavaskar on Saturday. However, Akram does not agree with Gavaskar.

“What is the criticism he is getting? That his team is losing. If the guy is scoring 100 runs at a strike rate of 150, is that not okay? If the team had won, there would have been no criticism. Kohli was under pressure He has been scoring runs when he was captain, and he is still under pressure, but one cannot criticize him unnecessarily… In the long run, Kohli has a lot of cricket left in him, RCB will have to do that. Wonder why their performance was so inconsistent even after 16 years. Their batting is still fine, but their bowling is weak,” Akram told Sportskeeda.

“Some people say the ground is small. But you already know that. Choose players accordingly. This is the same ground where I played the Test in 1987. It is still the same ground,” he said.

Akram also shared his opinion on the role of ‘anchor’ in T20 cricket, saying that the way this IPL has been organised, it seems that this profile is done and dusted.

“If you look at this IPL, it feels like it is over. The way teams are scoring 270 runs, it looks like that. Even when the strike rate is 150, people are calling the anchor slow. When you look at the pitches And looking at the performance, it seems you have to hit from the first ball itself, you can’t stop,” Akram said.