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“How many games have you played?”: RCB ‘fed up’ with Virat Kohli’s strike-rate criticism cricket news

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AB de Villiers said he is fed up of seeing “data-based pundits” criticizing Virat Kohli.© BCCI

Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers praised India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli and said that he is one of the best players to have ever played cricket. Currently, Kohli is the second highest run-scorer in IPL 2024. He scored 500 runs at a strike rate of 147.49 after playing in 10 matches. He hit 46 fours and 20 overhead boundaries in the ongoing T20 tournament. Speaking on his official YouTube channel, de Villiers said he was fed up of seeing “data-driven pundits” criticizing Kohli’s strike rate.

The former Proteas cricketer praised the talismanic Indian batsman and said he has been “incredible” in the IPL

“Virat Kohli has been facing criticism regarding his strike rate. This has been going on for too long and I am fed up with it now. I am disappointed to say the least. This guy is one of the best players to ever play the game. There is one.” Cricket game. He is unbelievable in the IPL, he plays a definite role for RCB, and I have a lot of data-based pundits who keep criticizing this guy when you don’t really have knowledge of the game. How many games of cricket have you played, how many IPL centuries have you scored?” de Villiers said.

During RCB’s previous match against GT, Kohli played a crucial role in Bengaluru’s win with his quick-fire 70* and shrugged off the recent debate over his strike rate.

During the game, ‘Chase Master’ Virat Kohli achieved a historic feat during RCB’s clash against GT.

In his unbeaten inning of 70 runs from 44 balls at a tremendous strike rate of 159.09, Kohli completed 24 half-centuries while chasing the target, now he is second on the list. Dhawan is at third position with 23 fifty-plus scores. Meanwhile, David Warner leads the chase with 35 half-centuries.

The 35-year-old also equaled David Warner’s record of scoring most 500-plus runs in an IPL season. Both Kohli and Warner have crossed the 500-run mark seven times in an IPL season.

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