‘Strike rate 33.33’: Former Pakistan star launches new attack on Virat Kohli

Former Pakistan cricket team fast bowler Junaid Khan takes on star batsman Virat Kohli during the IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians on Thursday Virat Kohli) launched a fresh attack and the star batsman was dismissed for just 3 runs. There has been a lot of discussion surrounding Kohli’s strike rate in the tournament so far and Junaid Khan reignited the discussion by posting “Hit rate 33.33” on X (formerly Twitter). This article is related to Kohli’s 3-for-9 match against Mumbai Indians before Kohli was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah made a great shot.

Hit rate 33.33#RCBvsMI

— Junaid Khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) April 11, 2024

Earlier, Junaid Khan was extremely critical of Kohli despite the RCB batsman’s unbeaten century against Rajasthan Royals. Kohli ended up scoring 113 runs, but his intentions and strike rate became the focus of discussion among fans and pundits. Junaid wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Congratulations to Virat Kohli for achieving the slowest 100 in IPL history”.

Kohli scored 113 runs with 4 sixes and 12 boundaries in 72 deliveries, but it was indeed the joint slowest hundred in the history of the game with Manish Pandey one.

Slowest hundreds in IPL history

1. Virat Kohli: 67 against Rajasthan Royals in 2024

2. Manish Pandey: Scored 67 goals against Deccan Chargers in 2009

3. Sachin Tendulkar: 66 against Kerala Kochi Tuskers in 2011

4. David Warner: 66 balls vs KKR, 2010

5. Jos Buttler – 66 balls vs MI, 2022

However, many experts have come out to support Kohli. Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara made it clear that there is no way Kohli will not be selected for the 2024 World Cup T20 squad.

“The strike rate depends on the position and for an opener, a strike rate of 130-140 is pretty good. But if you are in the middle order, then you might need to hit 150 or 160. As you can see in this IPL, the strike rate is The batsmen hit 200 runs in the second half of the innings,” Lala told a Star Sports press conference, which was also attended by former India batsman Ambati Rayudu.

“But there is always a chance for an opener like Kohli to start with 130, go through the overs and end with 160 or even more, that’s okay” But if you ask me, India’s top three in the World Cup should be Rohit Shah Ma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill don’t care about that. For RCB, it shouldn’t be about one person as it has to be a team effort,” Lara added.