Virat Kohli’s strike rate was heavily criticized De Villiers said – He used to give this instruction to his colleagues against Kohli
New Delhi. Virat Kohli scored more than 700 runs in IPL 2024. He scored 700 plus for the second time in the history of this league, which is the highest among Indian batsmen. Earlier, Virat had scored more than 900 runs in the year 2016. At the start of the current season of IPL, RCB lost 7 out of 8 matches. During this, Kohli was also criticized heavily. Questions were raised on Virat’s strike rate. Even the legendary Sunil Gavaskar had criticized Virat fiercely and questioned his intent. Now South African legend AB de Villiers has also jumped into this controversy. De Villiers says that it is not appropriate to say such things about Virat because after this he becomes more dangerous.
AB de Villiers, while talking to Geo Cinema, recalled the days when he played against Virat Kohli. He said that when I used to play against Virat Kohli, I used to tell my fellow players not to say anything to Virat Kohli. This is because if you tease him today, he is forced to perform at his best.
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De Villiers said this about Virat
AB de Villiers said, ‘It is very sad when such things are said against the role model of the country like Virat Kohli. As far as I know him, I have mentioned this in my show earlier as well. You probably don’t know what happens when he is criticized. I have played against him for many years. I used to tell my teammates in the team room that you should not say a single word to Virat Kohli on the pitch. If you say anything to him, he will score a century. I think criticism motivates him and he performs well.’
Kohli scored 741 runs in IPL 2024
Virat Kohli scored the most runs in 15 matches this season of IPL, 741. He scored one century and 5 half-centuries. Kohli remains at the top in the race for the Orange Cap. He also completed 8000 runs in his IPL career against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match. He is the first batsman in the world to achieve this feat. Apart from Virat, no other batsman has been able to score even 7000 runs in IPL, let alone 8000.
Tags: AB de Villiers, IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 23, 2024, 10:21 IST