Virat Kohli has had a string of low scores so far in the 2024 T20 World Cup but former wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik feels the star Indian batter will come good in the Super 8 stage.
“Rohit just got a 50 in first match. How much can he score on these pitches? Team itself is only scoring 100. Don’t worry about Virat Kohli. He will score when it matters,” Karthik was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz.
“He is never not performed in the World Cup, and there is no doubt about this World Cup too. He will 100 per cent perform. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Virat Kohli will be there. We have qualified for the Super Eight. I promise you, he will be all guns blazing once we reach the Caribbean,” he added.
Kohli’s ‘poor form’ will be a concern for India as they square off against Canada in their final group match on Saturday.
Kohli came into the T20 World Cup after setting the IPL ablaze, scoring upwards of 700 runs at a strike-rate of over 150 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Therefore, it wasn’t an entirely misplaced expectation that he will continue to fire in the ICC showpiece, which is perhaps his final chance to earn India an ICC World Cup after 13 years.
But three matches have gone by, and Kohli has five runs at an average of 1.66, including a ‘Golden Duck’ against the USA.
His form has provided an interesting subplot to the game against tournament-debutants Canada, which is otherwise inconsequential, at least for India.
Perhaps, an 1850km trip from New York to Florida might bring with it a turnaround in fortunes for Kohli, who must be hurting after those ordinary outings.
The pitch at the Broward County stadium might not be as spiteful as the one in New York, where the uneven bounce of the tracks and the slow nature of the outfield became bigger talking points than the cricket that was played.
With three consecutive wins, India are through to the Super Eight stage, which will be held entirely in the West Indies and Rohit Sharma and Co. will hope that the sky remains clear in this city even as several parts of Florida are ravaged by torrential rain.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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