Former Australia captain Aaron Finch on Wednesday lashed out at critics who have questioned India batsman Virat Kohli’s place in the Azzurri’s T20I squad, saying the rhetoric surrounding his place is “the biggest he has ever heard” Rubbish”. As the ICC T20 World Cup slated to be held in West Indies/USA on June 1 draws closer, the buzz around the Indian Premier League (IPL) is also building, with a buzz surrounding Virat’s approach in T20 cricket. Various degrees of controversy. While many fans/experts have voiced their support for Virat due to his size, impressive T20I resume and experience, some of them have questioned whether his style (which leans slightly towards more conservative territory) suits the modern, hard-hitting Batsmen in T20 cricket often hit big sixes from the first ball.
Speaking on ESPN, Finch said: “I can’t understand that whenever an ICC event comes, no matter the format, every time people talk about Virat Kohli and whether he is under pressure to fight for his place. It’s The biggest piece of rubbish I’ve ever heard of. He’s the greatest white-ball player I’ve ever seen.”
“It doesn’t matter if he scores 140 and someone else scores 160, when you pick a team you pick a guy who gets the job done for the team day in and day out in big games. That’s It’s ridiculous that we keep having this conversation,” he added.
In his team’s previous IPL match against Kings XI Punjab (PBKS), Virat silenced his critics with a brilliant knock of 77 off 49 balls, including 11 fours and two sixes. criticize. Virat, who scored over 157 with a strike rate of over 157, gave it his all from the first ball and smashed four boundaries off Sam Curran in the first ball in a run chase of 177. . Another notable highlight of his batting is how well he takes on the bowlers in the middle overs and even picks the airways.
After his match-winning performance, Virat admitted that in all the discussions about his position, his name has been mainly used to promote the shortest format of the game in the United States through advertisements ahead of the T20 World Cup, and he “still gets it” in T20 cricket. He also spoke about how despite his hard work from the start, the fall of wickets made him play according to the situation.
“I know my name is often used to promote T20 cricket around the world, but I think I still got it,” Virat said in his post-match speech.
“In T20s, I am opening the innings and I try to give the team a good start. But when the wickets start falling, you have to understand the situation as well. The wickets here are not as calm as usual. A bit Two points – pace. I had to play the right cricket strokes and not hit the ball over the line. I tried a few and felt I needed to bat at the other end but Maxi (Glenn Maxwell) and Anuj Ra Watt didn’t do that and get out quickly,” he added.
Virat is the highest run-getter in T20I cricket. In 117 games, he scored 4,037 runs at an average of 51.75 with a strike rate of over 138, hitting 1:50 and 37 fifties in 109 innings. His best score is 122*.
He is also the highest run-scorer in IPL history. In 239 games and 231 innings, he scored 7,361 runs at an average of 37.36, including 7 hundreds and 51 fifties. His run-striking percentage is 130.16.
Additionally, Virat is the most decorated batsman and leading run scorer in the history of ICC T20 World Cup. In 27 T20 World Cup matches, Virat has scored 1141 runs at an average of 81.50, a strike rate of 131.30 and 14 half-centuries in 25 innings. His best score is 89*. He was also the ‘Man of the Tournament’ in 2014 (319 runs in six games, four 50s, an average of 106.33) and 2016 (273 runs in five games, three 50s, an average of 136.5), among which India The team won the championship as runners-up and semi-finalists respectively. In 2014, he became the run-scoring leader. In the nine innings of the match, Virat has averaged 518 as he was dismissed just once. Of those nine innings, seven were fifties.
In the 2022 Australian edition of the tournament, Virat emerged as the run-scoring leader with 296 runs in six games at an average of 98.66 and a strike rate of 136.40, including four 50-run games. His knock of 82* against Pakistan in a grueling 160-run chase in Melbourne is also considered one of the best ever in T20Is.
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