A retired Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar has no questions over Virat Kohli’s inclusion in the 2024 t20 world cup squad. In the process of successfully reestablishing his career, this cricketer-turned commentator expects that Captain Virat Kohli would have an outstanding show in IPL 2024.
Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were included in the T20I side of India against Afghanistan last month for the first time since 2022 T20 World Cup that was held earlier this year, While Rohit score a century in the final T2OI, Kohli scored 29 runs in the second game and was dismissed for a duck in the third match after opting out of the series opener due to personal reasons
In a Star Sports conversation, they queried if Virat Kohli might enhance his chances for a spot in India’s T20 World Cup team through his performance in IPL 2024. They considered that the Indian team has no T20Is to participate in prior to the worldwide championship.
The former Indian opener responded:
“Absolutely, because questions are being asked whether a young team should be taken as we couldn’t win the ICC 50-over World Cup with this team. So for T20, which is called a young man’s game, do we need young players?”
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar Added:
“If you check fitness and speed, Virat Kohli’s speed is more than some of the youngsters. If he has a good season, and why shouldn’t he have a good season because he scores a lot of runs at the Bangalore ground and he has scored a lot of runs on the Mumbai ground as well, so I don’t see any questions on his place.”
Sunil Gavaskar
In IPL 2023, Kohli scored 639 runs in 14 games. This included two hundred runs each time. His average was 53.25, with a strike rate of 139.82. This made him RCB’s second-best batsman, only behind Faf du Plessis who scored 730 runs.
Virat Kohli eager to prove his worth as India’s second-best player after the captain, says Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar observed, Virat Kohli would likely desire to be the second choice, just after the skipper. He said:
“When the selection committee sits, the captain will be there. So he wants to show that he should be the second name picked after the captain. To show that, he will perform like that this year as well, just as he did in the World Cup and last year in the IPL as well.”
Sunil Gavaskar
Virat Kohli topped the scoreboards in the 2023 ODI World Cup. He scored a whopping 765 runs in 11 matches. His average? An impressive 95.62. His strike rate? A solid 90.31.