India’s star batter Virat Kohli will be roaring to make a mark against Pakistan in the upcoming clash on 14th October. Virat Kohli has struck two back-to-back half centuries in ODI WC 2023 and is looking in ominous form as his way of rotating the strike is frustrating the bowling unit.
Skipper Rohit Sharma would be aware of the fact that another win in ODI WC 2023 would take them close to the semi-final spot. We can expect a couple of changes as there are chances that Shubman Gill may replace Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami may come into the team in place of Siraj or Shardul.
Virat Kohli will win the battle against Shaheen Afridi- Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh was having an interaction with Star Sports and was quite excited with the battle between Virat Kohli & Shaheen Afridi. Harbhajan Singh pointed out that Virat Kohli will get the better of Shaheen given the way Virat batted against Australia & Afghanistan in ODI WC 2023.
“It is a good battle but I feel the sort of form Virat is in, he will win this battle. Shaheen pitches the ball extremely full and tries to get batters out lbw or bowled with the new ball,” said Harbhajan Singh.
“He has not left such a big impression in the last five to seven matches, if you include the Asia Cup and the World Cup. He needs the conditions. If the conditions are good, he becomes an excellent bowler but if the conditions are not in his favor, he is just a decent bowler,” he added.
Virat Kohli an Asset
We witnessed that how Virat Kohli took the team out of muddle against Australia during the run chase of 200 runs. Virat Kohli has looked determined than ever before as his shot selection have been spot on & magnificent. It won’t be wrong to say that Virat Kohli’s wicket would have a huge say in the outcome of the match
Head coach Rahul Dravid & management would be quite relieved that Virat Kohli has peaked at the start of the tournament but at the same time, the likes of Shreyas Iyer & KL Rahul will have to perform on a consistent basis if the side wants to win the marquee championship.