India’s Yuzvendra Chahal has protected Virat Kohli and said that the star player has made significant commitments with the bat notwithstanding going through a lean fix.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Chahal feels that focus has only been on Kohli not scoring hundreds
- The leg spinner feels that no bowler wants to bowl at Kohli once he has a few runs under his belt
- Chahal also commented on working under Kohli and Rohit Sharma
India’s legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal has said that Virat Kohli has made significant commitments with the bat lately and the issue emerges when the emphasis is simply on his hundreds.
Kohli has been having a difficult time in worldwide cricket, with his last century returning way in 2019. This has brought the star player under the scanner for his exhibitions.
Nonetheless, Chahal feels that the previous India skipper has made great commitments with the bat during his lean fix. The legspinner, while conversing with Sports Yaari, as cited by NDTV.com, said that the issue right now is that the attention is exclusively on Kohli not having the option to score hundreds and individuals will more often than not fail to remember the significant thumps he has made during this time period.
“Assuming that there is somebody who has 50+ normal in T20Is, he has been the Man Of The Competition in two T20 World Cups, he has 70 hundreds across all arrangements. You simply see his normal across all arrangements, the issue is we contemplate his 100s, we don’t discuss those important commitments of 60-70 due to the principles he has set,” said Chahal.
Chahal further proceeded to guarantee that no bowler needs to bowl to Kohli when the star hitter has a couple of runs behind him during a match.
“Assuming he is there at the wrinkle and has 15-20 runs behind him, I’m letting you know no bowler needs to bowl to him,” said Chahal.
The 32-year-old additionally opened up on playing under Kohli and Rohit Sharma and asserted that he is job has been a similar constantly.
“My job has forever been similar under various commanders, they generally use me as a wicket-taking bowler. For my purposes, they are same. I have gotten the freedom as a bowler. They generally like on what I need to do. Once in a while Rohit bhaiya asks me this is what is going on, how will you respond? As a bowler, you know, you can’t be loose in any finished,” said Chahal.