‘The issue with Virat Kohli is…’: How Sanjay Manjrekar needs star India batter to play in T20 World Cup | Cricket Information

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar suggested Virat Kohli to play a in barely conservative method on exhausting wickets in New York forward of India’s ICC T20 World Cup match in opposition to the USA.
India will play their third match of the T20 World Cup Group A against the USA at the Nassau County International Stadium on Wednesday. India had gained a low-scoring thriller over Pakistan by six runs of their earlier encounter.

The US of America defeated Pakistan within the Tremendous Over. With 4 factors from two wins in two video games, India lead the group. With the an identical win-loss document, the USA is in second place, although their internet run price is inferior.
With scores of only one and 4 runs in opposition to Eire and Pakistan, Virat – the best run scorer within the historical past of the competitors – hasn’t had the best begin to the competitors. He was dismissed each occasions whereas taking part in aggressively.
Virat enters the competitors following an unbelievable Indian Premier League (2024) season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the place he amassed 741 runs at 61.75 and a strike price of 154.69 in 15 innings, together with 5 a whole bunch and a century. Virat had one of the best strike price of his IPL profession and was fairly efficient in opposition to spinners, utilizing a extra aggressive technique in opposition to them.

Chatting with ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar acknowledged that though Virat has adjusted his fashion in response to criticism relating to his

supposedly low strikeout price, the “previous Virat” would have carried out higher on New York’s exhausting pitches, the place it has been troublesome to attain runs and batters have performed cautiously.
“The issue with Virat Kohli is that there was a whole lot of speak about his strike price over the past two years, and he utterly modified that in this IPL season. His strike price had reached 150, though others had virtually 200, however that may be a totally different matter. He probably should have come into the T20 World Cup with the same mentality but judging by the pitches, Virat Kohli was a starter lot better,” stated Manjrekar.
“So, I really feel somebody ought to inform him to convey again that earlier model of himself after which change once more when the pitches grow to be flat,” he added.