Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli not too long ago responded strongly to critics slamming him for his strike price in T20 cricket. The previous Indian skipper careworn that his focus stays on profitable matches for his staff fairly than particular person statistics.
The dashing right-hander additionally recalled his monitor file of constant efficiency over 15 years and highlighted his contribution to the staff’s win. Kohli is at the moment the main run scorer within the ongoing IPL 2024, with 500 runs in 10 innings for RCB at a strike price of 147.
Nevertheless, former New Zealand cricketer-turned-commentator Simon Doull believes that Kohli ought to keep away from partaking with social media commentary. The previous Kiwi pacer additional mentioned that Kohli’s remarks present that he could also be influenced by what he reads on-line about his strike price, questioning why he would trouble with such negativity given his stellar cricketing profession.
Doull questioned how somebody of Kohli’s caliber would take note of social media criticism, urging the RCB star to concentrate on his recreation fairly than exterior noise. He additionally feels Kohli’s tendency to deal with such criticism in post-match interviews signifies that he or somebody near him is actively monitoring social media suggestions, which is totally pointless.
Simon Doull informed Cricbuzz: “Attention-grabbing that he goes again to those issues as a result of they gained’t be asking him. Are you trying up your strike price? These gained’t be the questions. Clearly, he’s studying social media or somebody is studying all of the social media about him. And he does this very often in post-match shows, the place he has a degree to make.”
Doull added, “About stuff that’s written about him. Why is he bothering? I imply, significantly, the bloke is such participant. Why is he bothering studying the garbage that some folks write or why are folks studying it and telling him? I don’t perceive that? I simply have a look at what he’s performed and why would you trouble studying social media and attempt to make a degree about it in interviews? If he’s studying social media, he ought to have higher issues to do.”
Virat Kohli and RCB have a special story in IPL 2024
Notably, Virat Kohli was not too long ago named in India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, which is ready to be performed within the USA and West Indies subsequent month. He’s the all-time high scorer within the males’s T20 World Cup, with 1141 runs to his identify from 27 matches he has to this point performed for Workforce India.
The dashing right-hander is at the moment in nice kind with the bat within the ongoing IPL 2024. He already amassed 500 runs for the RCB this season, and it was the seventh time he made 500 runs within the event, within the course of, he grew to become the one second participant to attain the feat.
Nevertheless, RCB is badly struggling to win matches within the ongoing IPL 2024, the place they gained solely 3 of their 10 video games within the event. RCB is at the moment ranked tenth within the standings and can face the Gujarat Titans (GT) of their subsequent IPL 2024 match on Might 4 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
