The Indian cricket team have had a great world cup so far barring the defeat against England. Virat Kohli has led from the front with 5 consecutive fifties and has captained the side with zest.
For a normal cricketer, achieving 5 consecutive scores of fifty plus is nothing less than super human. However though, knowing Virat Kohli, one wonders what’s going wrong? Every time Kohli goes past fifty, he usually converts it into a hundred.
So far in this world cup though, he has been unable to convert his half centuries. It’s safe to say that in the first couple of innings, he came in pretty late and had to accelerate, hence him getting out in the ways he did was totally acceptable. In the last couple of games though, there’s a certain trend to his dismissals. We all know how much Kohli likes to impose himself on the game and how he has that hunger to keep scoring runs. In these last two innings though, Kohli has gotten out after a period wherein he is unable to retain strike. For instance, in the England match, he played only 10 of the last 30 deliveries in the Rohit-Kohli partnership.
The only thing that comes to mind is a slight drop in concentration or an urge to score quicker. Apart from this, Kohli has been in really good touch but he too would be looking to convert his fifties into hundreds as he’s done pretty much all his career.
On a side note, there could also be a case of Kohli getting slightly restless due to lack of strike rotation or dot balls, not only at his end, but also on his partner’s end. Whatever it may be, the team will be hoping Kohli continues batting with the same intent and that he gets a big one soon!
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