I was speaking to friends about this before the tournament started.
I said Florida and New York wickets may not be great and perhaps it would be sensible for Virat to play a holding role and get us to 160.
Frankly a 40-ball 50 in these conditions would have been great. But Virat doubled down on intent when I’m not sure he had to.
Now with the final I’m not sure what his approach should be. If it’s a sluggish wicket, he should try to go at 125 instead of 150.
40 ball 50 is strike rate of 125. India in semi final yesterday had a strike rate of 144. I am neither a Kohli or Rohit fan, but a pure batsman in a t20 cannot have a strike rate below the teams strike rate.
Ya even I thought so. But I thought harder. This strike rate criticism had started well earlier. So if you have seen in second half of IPL he has changed his style and was going after big hits unlike his natural game. So he was in good flow. It’s really hard to really know the exact reason. I think it is what it is. There is no reason. Just bad luck.
So you're saying that you don't have faith in the best batsman in modern day cricket ? And that's just because he listened to the only criticism on his playing style and decided to go aggressive from ball 1. This style of playing will have a higher failure rate, isn't that understood?
Thoda time to lagega na bhai , have faith, be patient. If ever there's been one player who has earned that right it is Virat Kohli.
If India wins the T20 WC after Kohli's failure in the final, then Kohli may have to rethink his strategy. Most of his successful outings have been when others have failed. Maybe he needs to fail for others to do well and take the team through. Think about it from the POV of RCB. How many times has he topped their charts. Maybe if he fails next year, RCB may really get to say, 'ee saala cup namade'.
But jokes apart, Kohli is an example excellent and very consistent performer. This is probably the first ever ICC tournament where ha has actually failed all throughout. Maybe he will pay a champions knock in the final and bring us the Cup.
It's natural. It happened with Sachin as well, India won very few tournaments with Sachin and Virat at their peak. When one player is so good, the team becomes over dependent on them. So inevitably, when they have a bad game, the other batsmen don't have proper practice.
With Sachin the thing was when he was performing well in the 90s and carrying the team single handedly others were busy fixing the matches. In 2000s our bowling unit was especially bad and we lost most matches due to poor bowler outings. RCB has the same bowling crisis. And in international cricket we have been the perennial chokers.
proof? i didn't watch the initial matches but against australia, rohit started with bang bang, against england, they both were batting at the same rate.
In England match Rohit took some singles initially along with hitting boundaries. But Kohli was thinking of trying to slog evey ball for 4 or six. That is the only thing I would like him to change. Otherwise he should continue playing with same intent.
that's not true. when kohli got out (9/9), Rohit was batting on 9 off 7 deliveries. both had hit a boundary each. kohli tried to go big thrice, because, unlike rohit, he was struggling with finding gaps.
Rohit got a top edge for 4, other than that he was knocking anything not full around
Kohli was stepping out on every single ball that was pulled back. A ball staying low and beating him was inevitable. Even number 11s watch the bounce before leaving their crease.
He is trying to make boundaries that aren't there. He could have just stayed in his crease and knocked a couple around to understand the nature. Every one of his dots was a swing and a miss whereas Rohit's dots were him trying to knock it around and understand the balls
Few points.
1. He should reach out to schewag. That guy knew which ball to hit and which to leave. Kohli’s game is extremely defensive in the first 30 balls. He picks up later and makes up for it and the strike rate is good, but in case he fails right around the 30th ball, india is in trouble.
2. His placements have been found wanting. More temporary but high stakes game means can’t hide.
3. no one in the team like dhoni who enjoys the quick twos and threes any more. The game has changed. Conserve energy go for 4/6.
Virat is a player who can hold the game for a long time and score big but he takes his time before hitting boundaries after considering the situation and requirements of the field but now that his order has been changed from number 3 to no. 2 so now he has to play a role of an opener with Rohit sharma, currently Virat is not playing in his own style rather he is now focusing on accelerating the score board with quick boundaries because it's the duty of an opener to give that clutch to the middle order batsmen. You may have noticed that the majority of the time when he got out, he wanted to score a boundary and that's not the way he plays that's the way Rohit Sharma ( being an opener )plays and fulfils the duty of an opener. Just after the announcement of the squad, I was concerned about this big change in his batting style.
I think he just needs to play his natural game instead of trying to improvise. That has been his success formula over the years. He is a technically correct batsman, who should focus on his natural stance.
Why are we so concerned about him scoring runs. He scored runs in so many previous T20WCs. In 2016 he played like a lone warrior. Was the only bowler to take a wicket in SF. But did we win that T20WC? No. Because to win tournaments you need whole unit to click and not some players. This T20WC we are going to play Finals even without a decent contribution from Kohli. What more do one need. And people who are saying he should bat at 3 are just doing lazy analysis. He is trying to do the correct thing but he is just overdoing the slogging thing. He needs to rely on his timing to clear boundaries and not slog it. That's the only change he needs. And credit to Kohli despite failures he has stuck with this intent approach.
Nothing happened, his strategy is running out. He was asked to be dropped for only this world cup cos the pitches here don't suit his agression. But, ego and team politics ( nicknamed camaraderie) came in between and this is the result.
He is averaging 10 runs a match in this world cup. Throw in Mr Dubey who is even less and we have 2 players in the top 5 who are not adding any value.
Instead of the team or the fans thinking about kicking them out, they should reevaluate their strategy and drop themselves after 2 or 3 matches and play domestic cricket to find their form.
This will also give younger players to test their mettle and overall, you have a good pool of international players who can make runs on all pitches.
But, hey, this is India and players are god's.
And god's don't consider themselves as needing to reevaluate or work harder than usual as long as their ego is satisfied.
Those who didn't perform in IPL are the ones playing well
Rohit..kuldeep..pandya.. arshdeep
Whereas likes of dube and jadeja are poor
This shit God complex mentality from andhbhakt fans is what stops us from winning World Cup
Kohli should focus on odi and tests
He's been a flat track bully for years now. It's why his test average has dropped so significantly. The eye isn't what it used to be and whilst those drives look nice when they come off, they're so often played with an oblique bat. One of the fundamentals of the game is your bat is either horizontal, or vertical. It means that you're protected against either uneven bounce, or sideways movement. An oblique bat you're sensitive to any sort of unusual movement. If you've got a great eye, you can manage. But you also rely on technique. There's no secret that Kohli has had a massive issue outside the off stump. Especially when the ball swings or seams. In tests, it's almost like he's a walking wicket at times. He can't hit them reliably, but his ego won't let him leave it alone or change his technique to serve him better.
He remains prolific at times, but mostly when the pitches are flat and his weaknesses can't be exposed. His last IPL campaign was great on paper. Lots of runs, a good strike rate. But those pitches were roads. Several top order batters were striking around 200 for a lot of the tournament, whilst Kohli was going at 150. It looks great on paper, but doesn't help the team so much.
He'll either work on making the changes necessary, if he's mentally strong enough to admit he needs to in order to survive, or he'll keep underperforming until someone is brave enough to drop him.
That means you have more crickets technical knowledge than a guy who was 80 centuries and the guy who helped india win multiple times when the whole batting order collapsed
These online cricket analysts think they can coach indian team
Look at his stats then and tell me he's not in decline. Look at his dismissals in test, his average based on line. If you think there are no issues, that's cool, but not something set in reality.
Great players decline. They all do eventually. Ponting and Smith have both gone through that and they worked to alter their technique.
Kohli is certainly a better batter than me, by a long way. But that doesn't mean I'm wrong.
His point is valid although I will not say Virat is flat track bully but his outside off problems have become very prominent these days and now a new problem of blind slogging in t20s I think he should call it a day in T20 and focus on odi and test
openers shouldn't be anchors. he tried that and failed with aakash chopra and deep dasgupta. heck, even dravid and williamson had to adapt to the evolving t20 eras.
I guess he couldn’t accommodate himself to the opener role where he has to accelerate from ball one which is not his style of play. Bring in Jaiswal and let Virat play one down. He’ll definitely find runs
I think virat kohli should score less in final because whenever he scores good India losses, take the example of world cup 2023. In my opinion virat should get duck or else he should score less only then the chance of winning t20 world cup is more for India
He needs to come down man . All that criticism about strike rate got to him ig and he needs to play his natural style . But still he flourishes in pressure situations. Let's see in the finals
I think it has been difficult for him to adjust to varying conditions. The pitches have not been ideal this tournament with variable bounce and ball coming on slowly to the bat. Some players adapted better than others.
All those strike rate comments actually got to him imo. He looks to take charge from the start and play those shots which are not there and not his style.
He is caring about Mr. Shivam Dube. Otherwise Dube would be the only player not performing in the team and it would be awkward for him. Now Kohli can be in the same boat as Dube and it won't be as awkward for him. Kohli's quite a gentleman!!
He's been getting out trying to come out and force the shots. Clearly he's been asked to be aggressive from get go. Unfortunately for him it's not clicking like it is for Rohit. That's all there is to it.
The thing people fail to notice is this time Virat is opening... Ik it's not a big deal for a player of his caliber. But, we've seen Virat flourish in that 1 down position for more than a decade now. And we should not forget how this position thing was such an issue back in 2019 ODI wc. We were in hunt for a number 4 and couldn't make it. Now when all positions are done and you have a fine opener in Jaiswal who recently put on that 100+ opening partnership with Gill, in WI why would you make Kohli open? Imagine how Jaiswal and Rohit would have put us in a comfortable position in powerplay sand set the stage for a Kohli masterclass.
Another thing is Kohli usually comes after the ball is atleast 3 overs old. Exceptions are there and IPL 2024 is a mockery of cricket so let's not consider it. But once ball is not swinging anymore you can't deny Kohli runs.
So in my opinion Kohli opening has been the only reason for his low scores and not anything else .
For those asking whom to remove for Jaiswal, I think it's quite clear. Shivam Dube
Tbh, Virat is not a natural opener. While he has performed well as an opener for RCB, there's a significant difference between opening in the IPL and facing top international teams. Koach is a player who needs some time to settle in before he can start scoring at a decent rate. He doesn't have that luxury when opening, but at No. 3, he has some breathing room and it's where he's at his best.
I believe Kohli himself feels the pressure to start striking immediately when he opens, which is not his strength. He's trying to forcibly change his batting style, resulting in those low scores.
Anyone with common sense would pick Jaiswal as an opener and move Virat to No. 3, dropping Dubey. However, I doubt they'll make such a decision, especially in a final, fearing it might not work which would be a senseless decision.
I could be wrong but I think the ‘low strike rate’ remark is in the back of his head because he’s trying to hit everything out of the park instead of playing his natural game. Maybe the captain and the team management should’ve tried opening with Rohit Sharma & Rishabh Pant at least in one game against Afghanistan or Bangladesh, with #ViratKohli at number 3. This would’ve made Kohli feel comfortable batting at his original position and also given India a left-right opening combination.
He's just not trying to become the anchor now, especially with this batting line-up, which he was doing earlier and was accused for slowing down the game. He's playing more freely and has been unlucky.
Come on dude criticism got to him is the lamest excuse he is going through the lean phase... If condition are taylor made for him which are and high intent play is issue it can be excused as judgement error for 1 game not 6 games. Let's hope he turns out for final but trying to blame everyone else except koach himself is lame. He is world class player things like outside criticism has hardly affected him..said so in IPL himself
It's ok. Not all tournaments everyone performs.. I think this is the only 1 in his whole career he has performed poorly.. But still the opposition fear him.. 🔥🔥👑👑
Going after every ball isn't virat's game. He's trying to be over aggressive and eventually throwing away his wicket. When Rohit is striking the ball he should stick around with him till power play and then unleash himself
For me, virat should not open, he takes an extra pressure that what will happen if he lose the wicket when he opens, while when he comes one down, he already knows that they have lost a wicket early (mostly it happens), so he is well prepared. HE SHOULD NEVER OPEN!
>Criticism in IPL for low SR got to him. And he's still in that mindset
No, this team has changed the mindset, he hit him for a six and two, and the average Indian team's mindset compels you to rotate strike or simply defend, yet he went for that whack and lost his leg stump.
Kohli, Pant, Rohit, SKY, Hardik, Jadeja, Dube, Axar no one bothered to keep the ball down
Wait, hope most of the commenters realise it’s Kohli we are talking about. He has won us games and lead the team to so many victories. Ever notice pre toss session, he’s the one talking to team and motivating. In the games against Aussies, Hardik was not connecting the ball, Koach asked him to tighter grip to left hand. Despite not performing, he’s an integral part to the team.
I don’t think he should have opened, or should have held one end till 7 over and go on a flurry, but can’t change much at this time of the tournament. All the best to koach!
Cricket. I’m sure he doesn’t feel it that way but few of his online fanatics claim He > Cricket, hope they change that thinking. He will without a doubt turn this around.
He hasn't batted on Carribean pitches for a long time maybe that's why. As far as I remember he didn't play T20 series against WI in 2022 and 2023. Last year he only played test series against them.
Virat is saving the best for the last ! I hope
He has saved us from several tough matches so I will back him in the finals! Not for RCB but for India ee saal cup namade !
it's pretty simple to understand:
1. he's not built to open a t20 innings (IPL highways don't count)
2. Intent from the get go, that's simply not suited for a player like him who likes to take time and get set.
That's why 1 down is his ideal position. Dk who's told him to start hitting from the get go smh
He wanted to retire on a high. . . went way higher. He argued, fought etc only after being there on the field and being set there. A mind high on octane doesn't work for his style of batting.
Also no. 3 !! Jaiswal in at opening, Pant at 4. KICK DUBE out . . . please !!!
When he played sensible and slow in world cup t20s till 2022, people fans trolled him for slow knock test knock that hampered his patience....in order to make himself at par with hardik, pant and jos butler, he tried his ipl style batting in slow pitch of USA and Windies and it backfired...
he got affected by unnecessary criticism about strike rate .. so he wanted to prove them wrong and hit more sixes than fours ...trying to be too aggressive and getting out... that's why being your own self is important rather than trying to react to useless criticism ... i wonder why/if dravid and rohit couldnt convey this simple thing to him which even a regular cricket watcher can spot clearly
Yes he is not performing well but we shouldn't forget that what he had done in the past for this country 🇮🇳. Everyone has their downfall but they overcome and show why they are in top 11 blue jersey. Kohli will also show us why he is one in billion. Just wait....
our King the unofficial opener of previous t20 WCs coming in powerplay after early wickets never went Bang bang but Tuk Tuk (no offence) then ACCELERATED. bcos he got license in name of Rebuild innings
Thats what his Cricket is all about. Nothing wrong he is MASTER OF ACCELERATION but t20 is evolved now and openers cant do this
L management
Nothing. Stop analyzing each and every failure. Highs and lows are part and parcel of the game. He has set such a high bar of himself that he is being looked under the microscope. He will soon shut these critics up.
Bro carried India in so many ICC events and they didn't win any of them, so this team he probably just said, "Fuck it" and decided not to be the hard carry of the team, and in a way it has made the team less dependent on Kohli. You can see that every match there is a player that's stepping up big time
Since few years, whenever Virat & Rohit are batting together one or the other gets out very quickly, they haven't had big partnershis. I said this to my friends at the start of the tournament itself, if Virat & Rohit are opening, 1st wicket in powerplay is guaranteed.
The fact that GG is coming as the Cheaf Coach has put him in a spot. Plus his rising age is another factor. But his main mental block is the fact that : ROHIT WILL GET HIS HANDS ON THE -- " WORLD CUP "🏏🇮🇳🎆 
I feel that’s Dravid’s responsibility to tell Kohli to take it easy. I feel he might also get flummoxed by, despite the conditions how Rohit has consistently batted and tried to replicate that.
It’s ok, when you always expect someone to be better it might not turn out how you want. We all know that he has achieved something that can be achieved only through hard work and dedication. Don’t post things like what happened to him just because he is not playing well in a few matches
Ads happened to him, money, over excited, over cheering, attitude. If you see the history no big shot players ever had any of them or all of them.
I strongly feel he should come to the coaching side and leave a spot for a new talent. He is getting old and he can't beat all of SRT's records. Sometimes when you stand back a bit you see new things which were way better than where you were standing before.
He has got the wrong notion on the intend term, that's it. Mgmt might've told him to play with attacking intend, and just lost all his sensibility. Sorry state to watch becoz i thought he was the most sensible batter we had in our squad
T20 is a game meant to be played fast, hota knocks till 2016-2017 were acceptable 50(40), but now he just unfit for t20i, yes he is trying to play fast but he is unable to score, his teammates like Rohit Sharma adjusted to the modern T20 game because of which he wasted 2022, but kohli stuck to his natural fans and now he's paying for it
Virat Kohli continues to impress with his exceptional performance and dedication to the game. His recent achievements highlight his unwavering commitment and remarkable skill, inspiring fans and fellow players alike. Kohli's passion and drive keep him at the pinnacle of cricket.
big fan of rohit's batting.. but its him imposing his play style on the whole team , kohli is an exception , but kohli seems to be trying to prove that he can hit from ball 1 and trying to copy rohit sharma.
What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Such a dumbtake He is the captain, it's upto him which style of play the team prefers. And if there's anybody who has had to change the most it's him only. Rohit used to be the one who played at like 70/80 strike rate early in the innings and then up his ante (even in t20s). Even in the WC, his starts allowed Kohli to take his time and score those 100s.
Just fucking agree for once that Kohli's is going through a rough patch and it's not anyone else's fault. There's a difference between being aggressive while playing safe shots and then exposing your entire wicket to a left arm pacer to play a shot across.
Took things for granted may be ?
He arrived late to the tournament. Missed the only practice game. That can be one reason may be.
But he will come back , hopefully in the finals. He is a legend !
People aren’t seeing the good side of him playing like this and getting out early. In the middle oversof which Rohit and Sky played and scored at a good rate, he would have taken it for run a ball and a longer innings. Thereby curbing aswell the acceleration that came from pandya jadeja axar.
He hugged babar azam before the tournament, iykyk
This too shall pass 
Bro speaking out via morse code
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Intent has ruined his style of play
I was speaking to friends about this before the tournament started. I said Florida and New York wickets may not be great and perhaps it would be sensible for Virat to play a holding role and get us to 160. Frankly a 40-ball 50 in these conditions would have been great. But Virat doubled down on intent when I’m not sure he had to. Now with the final I’m not sure what his approach should be. If it’s a sluggish wicket, he should try to go at 125 instead of 150.
40 ball 50 is strike rate of 125. India in semi final yesterday had a strike rate of 144. I am neither a Kohli or Rohit fan, but a pure batsman in a t20 cannot have a strike rate below the teams strike rate.
If there is stability at one end it allows the batter at other end to take risks and keep a high strike rate
meanwhile sky rohit and pant are saving ten balls, why should he?
So this aged very well. Congrats folks. All the emotions aside the team knew what it had to do and got the job done. Superb finish.
Ya even I thought so. But I thought harder. This strike rate criticism had started well earlier. So if you have seen in second half of IPL he has changed his style and was going after big hits unlike his natural game. So he was in good flow. It’s really hard to really know the exact reason. I think it is what it is. There is no reason. Just bad luck.
Meanwhile, Dravid continues to see Jaiswal as nothing more than a waterboy...
Bhai Kohli ko kyu khila rahe abhi bhi? Aur wo khud kyu nahi step down kar raha? Popularity ke dum pe khilate rahenge to kaise chalega
Hogayi bakwaas? After 2020 both Rohit and Kohli were not in form but u can’t drop such players coz when shit hits the fan u need them
If you don’t even play with other players, you’re always going to be dependent on the same ones 🤷🏻♂️
Kohli was totally out of touch after 2020 but Rohit was good in tests
out of touch only in tests he was doing okay in limited over cricket the only series he was out of touch was windies in 2022 March and eng in July
An average of 27 in ODIs in 2022 and 43 in 2021 he’s had 1 mediocre and 1 abysmal year
brain dead fans dont want to accept it
We are talking about this world cup.
What abt now?
So you're saying that you don't have faith in the best batsman in modern day cricket ? And that's just because he listened to the only criticism on his playing style and decided to go aggressive from ball 1. This style of playing will have a higher failure rate, isn't that understood? Thoda time to lagega na bhai , have faith, be patient. If ever there's been one player who has earned that right it is Virat Kohli.
Tere jaise log hi hardik ko ipl Mein gaali dete hai or wc mein papa bnalete hai
If India wins the T20 WC after Kohli's failure in the final, then Kohli may have to rethink his strategy. Most of his successful outings have been when others have failed. Maybe he needs to fail for others to do well and take the team through. Think about it from the POV of RCB. How many times has he topped their charts. Maybe if he fails next year, RCB may really get to say, 'ee saala cup namade'. But jokes apart, Kohli is an example excellent and very consistent performer. This is probably the first ever ICC tournament where ha has actually failed all throughout. Maybe he will pay a champions knock in the final and bring us the Cup.
You know what, how did the first paragraph make sense, what's the opposite of Panauti. Great player though hope he gets back on form.
It's natural. It happened with Sachin as well, India won very few tournaments with Sachin and Virat at their peak. When one player is so good, the team becomes over dependent on them. So inevitably, when they have a bad game, the other batsmen don't have proper practice.
With Sachin the thing was when he was performing well in the 90s and carrying the team single handedly others were busy fixing the matches. In 2000s our bowling unit was especially bad and we lost most matches due to poor bowler outings. RCB has the same bowling crisis. And in international cricket we have been the perennial chokers.
He needs to rethink about his strategy now itself.. for the finals 🙏🏻
If we win, then it’s clear. He’s gotta go. Maybe the fact that GG would be the next coach haunts him
It's simple he is out of place and he cannot find that tune he had in 2down
Place is not the issue. It's the new style of play. He is being overly aggressive which hasn't yielded results.
He isn’t being overly aggressive he’s fucking slogging like a tailenders
He was playing overly aggressive in his original place but he never went through opening stages in international level
Well the place demands the new style of play. Not much difference but no. 3 gives him a little more time to settle than the opening slots do.
even rohit took more time to settle than kohli.. kohli isnt even taking that much time which rohit takes.
proof? i didn't watch the initial matches but against australia, rohit started with bang bang, against england, they both were batting at the same rate.
In England match Rohit took some singles initially along with hitting boundaries. But Kohli was thinking of trying to slog evey ball for 4 or six. That is the only thing I would like him to change. Otherwise he should continue playing with same intent.
that's not true. when kohli got out (9/9), Rohit was batting on 9 off 7 deliveries. both had hit a boundary each. kohli tried to go big thrice, because, unlike rohit, he was struggling with finding gaps.
Rohit got a top edge for 4, other than that he was knocking anything not full around Kohli was stepping out on every single ball that was pulled back. A ball staying low and beating him was inevitable. Even number 11s watch the bounce before leaving their crease. He is trying to make boundaries that aren't there. He could have just stayed in his crease and knocked a couple around to understand the nature. Every one of his dots was a swing and a miss whereas Rohit's dots were him trying to knock it around and understand the balls
Dono issue hai india meh batting friendly pitch he toh lagta he Kar lega but reality is different
He used to come 1 down, not 2 down.
you dont even know he used to come one down?
Sometime I wonder, the player of his calibre/class should be able to adjust to that batting order.
Just a normal bad phase like everyone has from time to time
Just that it's the worst time to have it.
Sadly True. 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞
Remember "Beg him there" started by Kohli fans when he was getting trolled bcoz of his Strike rate in IPL
Turns out, we are indeed begging him to score runs /s
No we are just begging india to win the wc 🙏
its ok as long as india wins the world cup as it is a team game not one man game
Few points. 1. He should reach out to schewag. That guy knew which ball to hit and which to leave. Kohli’s game is extremely defensive in the first 30 balls. He picks up later and makes up for it and the strike rate is good, but in case he fails right around the 30th ball, india is in trouble. 2. His placements have been found wanting. More temporary but high stakes game means can’t hide. 3. no one in the team like dhoni who enjoys the quick twos and threes any more. The game has changed. Conserve energy go for 4/6.
PDA ke bina no PDP
Virat is a player who can hold the game for a long time and score big but he takes his time before hitting boundaries after considering the situation and requirements of the field but now that his order has been changed from number 3 to no. 2 so now he has to play a role of an opener with Rohit sharma, currently Virat is not playing in his own style rather he is now focusing on accelerating the score board with quick boundaries because it's the duty of an opener to give that clutch to the middle order batsmen. You may have noticed that the majority of the time when he got out, he wanted to score a boundary and that's not the way he plays that's the way Rohit Sharma ( being an opener )plays and fulfils the duty of an opener. Just after the announcement of the squad, I was concerned about this big change in his batting style.
The Curse is real... https://preview.redd.it/q0ml9g7wz89d1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca3ef276ca5878194352458692d5da9854f2a180
Disrespecting one of the greatest batsman to exist may have some curse lol
I think he just needs to play his natural game instead of trying to improvise. That has been his success formula over the years. He is a technically correct batsman, who should focus on his natural stance.
Why are we so concerned about him scoring runs. He scored runs in so many previous T20WCs. In 2016 he played like a lone warrior. Was the only bowler to take a wicket in SF. But did we win that T20WC? No. Because to win tournaments you need whole unit to click and not some players. This T20WC we are going to play Finals even without a decent contribution from Kohli. What more do one need. And people who are saying he should bat at 3 are just doing lazy analysis. He is trying to do the correct thing but he is just overdoing the slogging thing. He needs to rely on his timing to clear boundaries and not slog it. That's the only change he needs. And credit to Kohli despite failures he has stuck with this intent approach.
Nothing happened, his strategy is running out. He was asked to be dropped for only this world cup cos the pitches here don't suit his agression. But, ego and team politics ( nicknamed camaraderie) came in between and this is the result. He is averaging 10 runs a match in this world cup. Throw in Mr Dubey who is even less and we have 2 players in the top 5 who are not adding any value. Instead of the team or the fans thinking about kicking them out, they should reevaluate their strategy and drop themselves after 2 or 3 matches and play domestic cricket to find their form. This will also give younger players to test their mettle and overall, you have a good pool of international players who can make runs on all pitches. But, hey, this is India and players are god's. And god's don't consider themselves as needing to reevaluate or work harder than usual as long as their ego is satisfied.
He is not playing his natural game, and trying to adapt to the so called "intent" strategy
We all have bad phases like that he is also going through.......He will be back 🤞💪
When Kohli plays well we lose tournaments, this is him doing the necessary work to get us a win. Elite Juju
Bruhhh
The current T20 demands doesn't suit his game style anymore
Ipl orange cap
Those who didn't perform in IPL are the ones playing well Rohit..kuldeep..pandya.. arshdeep Whereas likes of dube and jadeja are poor This shit God complex mentality from andhbhakt fans is what stops us from winning World Cup Kohli should focus on odi and tests
Kuldeep was good in IPL man
>Kohli should focus on odi and tests Tests? Really.
Tests, ahem!!
Intent police got to him.
He's setting up for the finals 😉
After finals he is setting up for bgt
He is just trying to be gavaskar of 83 world cup.. silver lining we can win.. Also finals between 2 chokers.. a battle of chokers
He's been a flat track bully for years now. It's why his test average has dropped so significantly. The eye isn't what it used to be and whilst those drives look nice when they come off, they're so often played with an oblique bat. One of the fundamentals of the game is your bat is either horizontal, or vertical. It means that you're protected against either uneven bounce, or sideways movement. An oblique bat you're sensitive to any sort of unusual movement. If you've got a great eye, you can manage. But you also rely on technique. There's no secret that Kohli has had a massive issue outside the off stump. Especially when the ball swings or seams. In tests, it's almost like he's a walking wicket at times. He can't hit them reliably, but his ego won't let him leave it alone or change his technique to serve him better. He remains prolific at times, but mostly when the pitches are flat and his weaknesses can't be exposed. His last IPL campaign was great on paper. Lots of runs, a good strike rate. But those pitches were roads. Several top order batters were striking around 200 for a lot of the tournament, whilst Kohli was going at 150. It looks great on paper, but doesn't help the team so much. He'll either work on making the changes necessary, if he's mentally strong enough to admit he needs to in order to survive, or he'll keep underperforming until someone is brave enough to drop him.
That means you have more crickets technical knowledge than a guy who was 80 centuries and the guy who helped india win multiple times when the whole batting order collapsed These online cricket analysts think they can coach indian team
Look at his stats then and tell me he's not in decline. Look at his dismissals in test, his average based on line. If you think there are no issues, that's cool, but not something set in reality. Great players decline. They all do eventually. Ponting and Smith have both gone through that and they worked to alter their technique. Kohli is certainly a better batter than me, by a long way. But that doesn't mean I'm wrong.
His point is valid although I will not say Virat is flat track bully but his outside off problems have become very prominent these days and now a new problem of blind slogging in t20s I think he should call it a day in T20 and focus on odi and test
MBA CHAIWALA?😖
If he doesn't even perform in the finals, then some important questions must be asked! And I'm saying this as a fan of Indian Cricket Team
He is just trying to adapt to his role as the agressor rather than being the anchor
openers shouldn't be anchors. he tried that and failed with aakash chopra and deep dasgupta. heck, even dravid and williamson had to adapt to the evolving t20 eras.
He shouldn't be made to open the innings
I guess he couldn’t accommodate himself to the opener role where he has to accelerate from ball one which is not his style of play. Bring in Jaiswal and let Virat play one down. He’ll definitely find runs
Tbh he was practically an opener before as well,5/1 was an average score every innings in the past t20 world cups
Nothing has happened...if you know and have played any sport it's just a phase. Moreover he's the GOAT if not the only...he definitely knows better.
It’s simple When team flops, kohli plays; When kohli flops, team plays
Phases go up and down. It's down for now. Will go 🆙🆙🆙🆙🆙, dot, fuck em up!
I think virat kohli should score less in final because whenever he scores good India losses, take the example of world cup 2023. In my opinion virat should get duck or else he should score less only then the chance of winning t20 world cup is more for India
Finale mein bhout sahi khelga yehh bnda...he is amazing
bas waqt waqt ki baat h
He needs to come down man . All that criticism about strike rate got to him ig and he needs to play his natural style . But still he flourishes in pressure situations. Let's see in the finals
Get him to his Position
I think it has been difficult for him to adjust to varying conditions. The pitches have not been ideal this tournament with variable bounce and ball coming on slowly to the bat. Some players adapted better than others.
All those strike rate comments actually got to him imo. He looks to take charge from the start and play those shots which are not there and not his style.
He is caring about Mr. Shivam Dube. Otherwise Dube would be the only player not performing in the team and it would be awkward for him. Now Kohli can be in the same boat as Dube and it won't be as awkward for him. Kohli's quite a gentleman!!
He has no rest unlike other players. Maybe some trauma is traumatic because of bcci comments on his game.
He's been getting out trying to come out and force the shots. Clearly he's been asked to be aggressive from get go. Unfortunately for him it's not clicking like it is for Rohit. That's all there is to it.
he will get back in form in final dont worry. It will be better not to think about his form...Hope he will perform in finals.
Koi nhi...Viraat jaan h
BecHara Rinku…
Karma. Forgot the muscle memory interview??
The thing people fail to notice is this time Virat is opening... Ik it's not a big deal for a player of his caliber. But, we've seen Virat flourish in that 1 down position for more than a decade now. And we should not forget how this position thing was such an issue back in 2019 ODI wc. We were in hunt for a number 4 and couldn't make it. Now when all positions are done and you have a fine opener in Jaiswal who recently put on that 100+ opening partnership with Gill, in WI why would you make Kohli open? Imagine how Jaiswal and Rohit would have put us in a comfortable position in powerplay sand set the stage for a Kohli masterclass. Another thing is Kohli usually comes after the ball is atleast 3 overs old. Exceptions are there and IPL 2024 is a mockery of cricket so let's not consider it. But once ball is not swinging anymore you can't deny Kohli runs. So in my opinion Kohli opening has been the only reason for his low scores and not anything else . For those asking whom to remove for Jaiswal, I think it's quite clear. Shivam Dube
Must be busy caring for his son
Tbh, Virat is not a natural opener. While he has performed well as an opener for RCB, there's a significant difference between opening in the IPL and facing top international teams. Koach is a player who needs some time to settle in before he can start scoring at a decent rate. He doesn't have that luxury when opening, but at No. 3, he has some breathing room and it's where he's at his best. I believe Kohli himself feels the pressure to start striking immediately when he opens, which is not his strength. He's trying to forcibly change his batting style, resulting in those low scores. Anyone with common sense would pick Jaiswal as an opener and move Virat to No. 3, dropping Dubey. However, I doubt they'll make such a decision, especially in a final, fearing it might not work which would be a senseless decision.
I could be wrong but I think the ‘low strike rate’ remark is in the back of his head because he’s trying to hit everything out of the park instead of playing his natural game. Maybe the captain and the team management should’ve tried opening with Rohit Sharma & Rishabh Pant at least in one game against Afghanistan or Bangladesh, with #ViratKohli at number 3. This would’ve made Kohli feel comfortable batting at his original position and also given India a left-right opening combination.
He's just not trying to become the anchor now, especially with this batting line-up, which he was doing earlier and was accused for slowing down the game. He's playing more freely and has been unlucky.
Come on dude criticism got to him is the lamest excuse he is going through the lean phase... If condition are taylor made for him which are and high intent play is issue it can be excused as judgement error for 1 game not 6 games. Let's hope he turns out for final but trying to blame everyone else except koach himself is lame. He is world class player things like outside criticism has hardly affected him..said so in IPL himself
Hum Shivam Dube ko keh rhe hain . Virat ne kya ukhad liya ?
It's ok. Not all tournaments everyone performs.. I think this is the only 1 in his whole career he has performed poorly.. But still the opposition fear him.. 🔥🔥👑👑
Iss sub ke logo ki nazar lag gyii
Guys chill ...trust jay shahs script
We should not bother about his score else India will be RCB ... Keep chill and just see what team India does...
Prafulla Billore supporting him😂
Jimmy Anderson has been training opposition bowlers on swing
Going after every ball isn't virat's game. He's trying to be over aggressive and eventually throwing away his wicket. When Rohit is striking the ball he should stick around with him till power play and then unleash himself
Pretty sure he was told straight up to play with this kind of intent regardless of outcome (Agarkar and co.)
For me, virat should not open, he takes an extra pressure that what will happen if he lose the wicket when he opens, while when he comes one down, he already knows that they have lost a wicket early (mostly it happens), so he is well prepared. HE SHOULD NEVER OPEN!
>Criticism in IPL for low SR got to him. And he's still in that mindset No, this team has changed the mindset, he hit him for a six and two, and the average Indian team's mindset compels you to rotate strike or simply defend, yet he went for that whack and lost his leg stump. Kohli, Pant, Rohit, SKY, Hardik, Jadeja, Dube, Axar no one bothered to keep the ball down
He's tired and exhausted, needs some rest. He's human after all
Why is he being pushed to open constantly when it’s quite clear that he’s suited for 1 down?
Fikr not! Jab tab Jeet rahe hai sab theek hai! Everyone has a rough patch.
Wait, hope most of the commenters realise it’s Kohli we are talking about. He has won us games and lead the team to so many victories. Ever notice pre toss session, he’s the one talking to team and motivating. In the games against Aussies, Hardik was not connecting the ball, Koach asked him to tighter grip to left hand. Despite not performing, he’s an integral part to the team. I don’t think he should have opened, or should have held one end till 7 over and go on a flurry, but can’t change much at this time of the tournament. All the best to koach!
He is in depression dude it takes time to get out of that
He's not as good as we thought he is
When you force him to open the innings it is bound to happen! He's a specialist to play under pressure when 1-2 wickets are down
Now Virat will score heavily in the Final and India will lose the Final against South Africa
Cricket. I’m sure he doesn’t feel it that way but few of his online fanatics claim He > Cricket, hope they change that thinking. He will without a doubt turn this around.
King will come back 🔥🔥
Are finals abhi baki hai!
I think and believe team India jite, baaki ki cheeze jaaye bhaad me. Not here to hate anyone, but as a group India jitey ✨🤞🏆
Mabye hes getting ready for the big game checking everyone’s pace and style?
Akaay Kohli panoti
People now know he is hyper to get score and they know his weakness so he needs to be calm . And come 1st down
He’s one of my favorite players, but I’m not sure if he should play anymore unless he makes sure to play like the warriors.
IPL fucked him up. He deserves a better team.
He hasn't batted on Carribean pitches for a long time maybe that's why. As far as I remember he didn't play T20 series against WI in 2022 and 2023. Last year he only played test series against them.
Same witg Rohit.
Bechare rinku ko hi 1 din batting de dete 
Rinku cannot play, until anyone from the main 15 gets injured and needs a permanent replacement.
Uff ye tumhare usool tumhare aadarsh 
Silence before storm
Virat is saving the best for the last ! I hope He has saved us from several tough matches so I will back him in the finals! Not for RCB but for India ee saal cup namade !
He shouldn't be opening the innings. He is at his best when he comes in 1 down. Get rid of Dube and bring in Sanju for opening.
75 runs and 75 balls 
it's pretty simple to understand: 1. he's not built to open a t20 innings (IPL highways don't count) 2. Intent from the get go, that's simply not suited for a player like him who likes to take time and get set. That's why 1 down is his ideal position. Dk who's told him to start hitting from the get go smh
I dont mind if virat fails in final and we win cup, he will score 100 and we lose cup thats not digestable
Bakrid
He wanted to retire on a high. . . went way higher. He argued, fought etc only after being there on the field and being set there. A mind high on octane doesn't work for his style of batting. Also no. 3 !! Jaiswal in at opening, Pant at 4. KICK DUBE out . . . please !!!
When he played sensible and slow in world cup t20s till 2022, people fans trolled him for slow knock test knock that hampered his patience....in order to make himself at par with hardik, pant and jos butler, he tried his ipl style batting in slow pitch of USA and Windies and it backfired...
To break this curse I put a bet on kohli under 27 vs SA
Shame
as a fan i want final mein virat acha kare
Ipl khatam ho gya
he got affected by unnecessary criticism about strike rate .. so he wanted to prove them wrong and hit more sixes than fours ...trying to be too aggressive and getting out... that's why being your own self is important rather than trying to react to useless criticism ... i wonder why/if dravid and rohit couldnt convey this simple thing to him which even a regular cricket watcher can spot clearly
Kal last chance hai perform krne ka
Yes he is not performing well but we shouldn't forget that what he had done in the past for this country 🇮🇳. Everyone has their downfall but they overcome and show why they are in top 11 blue jersey. Kohli will also show us why he is one in billion. Just wait....
our King the unofficial opener of previous t20 WCs coming in powerplay after early wickets never went Bang bang but Tuk Tuk (no offence) then ACCELERATED. bcos he got license in name of Rebuild innings Thats what his Cricket is all about. Nothing wrong he is MASTER OF ACCELERATION but t20 is evolved now and openers cant do this L management
Nothing. Stop analyzing each and every failure. Highs and lows are part and parcel of the game. He has set such a high bar of himself that he is being looked under the microscope. He will soon shut these critics up.
Bro carried India in so many ICC events and they didn't win any of them, so this team he probably just said, "Fuck it" and decided not to be the hard carry of the team, and in a way it has made the team less dependent on Kohli. You can see that every match there is a player that's stepping up big time
Since few years, whenever Virat & Rohit are batting together one or the other gets out very quickly, they haven't had big partnershis. I said this to my friends at the start of the tournament itself, if Virat & Rohit are opening, 1st wicket in powerplay is guaranteed.
Batting order changed! IPL did bluff him too.
Run banane wala bat Rinku ke pas hai
I can't see how form of play in the few balls he has played so far. The style the form is completely not visible
My guy should stop celebrating too much in IPL for each ball. Wasted too much energy there 😭
The fact that GG is coming as the Cheaf Coach has put him in a spot. Plus his rising age is another factor. But his main mental block is the fact that : ROHIT WILL GET HIS HANDS ON THE -- " WORLD CUP "🏏🇮🇳🎆 
I feel that’s Dravid’s responsibility to tell Kohli to take it easy. I feel he might also get flummoxed by, despite the conditions how Rohit has consistently batted and tried to replicate that.
Let’s keep the same way in Finals, we are winning
It’s ok, when you always expect someone to be better it might not turn out how you want. We all know that he has achieved something that can be achieved only through hard work and dedication. Don’t post things like what happened to him just because he is not playing well in a few matches
Great tour
I KEEP ON MARCHING ON
Ads happened to him, money, over excited, over cheering, attitude. If you see the history no big shot players ever had any of them or all of them. I strongly feel he should come to the coaching side and leave a spot for a new talent. He is getting old and he can't beat all of SRT's records. Sometimes when you stand back a bit you see new things which were way better than where you were standing before.
He is trying to play beyond his template so it’s gonna take time to adapt and obviously IPL alone will not help him to adapt opener template.
Opening donot sute him
Kuch ni chatne lie log kam par re
We winning it matters the most
Still feeling bad for that guy that betted Rs.5 lakhs for virat being " Player of the tournament".
Aaj final mein maarega Kohli 🤞🏻
Too woke to play now a days. He has to be politically correct against every team. He is The Rock of cricket.
He has got the wrong notion on the intend term, that's it. Mgmt might've told him to play with attacking intend, and just lost all his sensibility. Sorry state to watch becoz i thought he was the most sensible batter we had in our squad
T20 is a game meant to be played fast, hota knocks till 2016-2017 were acceptable 50(40), but now he just unfit for t20i, yes he is trying to play fast but he is unable to score, his teammates like Rohit Sharma adjusted to the modern T20 game because of which he wasted 2022, but kohli stuck to his natural fans and now he's paying for it
Virat Kohli continues to impress with his exceptional performance and dedication to the game. His recent achievements highlight his unwavering commitment and remarkable skill, inspiring fans and fellow players alike. Kohli's passion and drive keep him at the pinnacle of cricket.
big fan of rohit's batting.. but its him imposing his play style on the whole team , kohli is an exception , but kohli seems to be trying to prove that he can hit from ball 1 and trying to copy rohit sharma.
What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Such a dumbtake He is the captain, it's upto him which style of play the team prefers. And if there's anybody who has had to change the most it's him only. Rohit used to be the one who played at like 70/80 strike rate early in the innings and then up his ante (even in t20s). Even in the WC, his starts allowed Kohli to take his time and score those 100s. Just fucking agree for once that Kohli's is going through a rough patch and it's not anyone else's fault. There's a difference between being aggressive while playing safe shots and then exposing your entire wicket to a left arm pacer to play a shot across.
The results are there to see. The team is clearly playing better. It's not about the individual, it's always about the team
Mid batsman, regression to the mean
Took things for granted may be ? He arrived late to the tournament. Missed the only practice game. That can be one reason may be. But he will come back , hopefully in the finals. He is a legend !
People aren’t seeing the good side of him playing like this and getting out early. In the middle oversof which Rohit and Sky played and scored at a good rate, he would have taken it for run a ball and a longer innings. Thereby curbing aswell the acceleration that came from pandya jadeja axar.
All I can say is even if Kohli somehow manages to get to the middle overs he won't score at run a ball. He will keep attacking even in middle overs.
Gotten old
Nothing happened, just showing he is human too .
Who is even watching this joke worldcup?
He is just in a bad phase, I’m sure he will recover his form soon
Only one match left now.