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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] How does Virat Kohli get away with these sorts of performances?

Hitman said:
I'd be so ashamed to death if he does in the next ODI WC i.e force his place in the team like what Miandad did in the 96' WC.
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I did make a prediction that rohit and kohli might play 2027 wc and everyone at that time made a prediction that they'd tap out in 2024 🤣🤣.

Idk about rohit as 2025 ct might be the end, but kohli 1000% is playing 2027 wc. That i guarantee.

But I wouldn't be surprised for rohit either.
 
mominsaigol said:
I did make a prediction that rohit and kohli might play 2027 wc and everyone at that time made a prediction that they'd tap out in 2024 🤣🤣.

Idk about rohit as 2025 ct might be the end, but kohli 1000% is playing 2027 wc. That i guarantee.

But I wouldn't be surprised for rohit either.
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Knowing both of their attitude towards the game, I fear they will play the 2027 WC and screw us of our chances. I'm thankful to them for their service towards Indian cricket, but players need to know when to step aside.
 
Hitman said:
Knowing both of their attitude towards the game, I fear they will play the 2027 WC and screw us of our chances. I'm thankful to them for their service towards Indian cricket, but players need to know when to step aside.
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I kinda lost my respect towards rohit tbh. I don't like him that much anymore.

Mainly cause It took Bumrah one test game to expose how medicore Rohit really was a captain.

The whole side is unprofessional, lazy, rude and just all over the place with him as captain. 90% of the time their isnt even a solid batting plan, everyone is just doing their own thing.

Not the case with bumrah who clearly understands test captaincy way better. Furthermore bumrah being a bowler knew how to set fields according to his own bowlers strengths.

I still enjoy classic hitman as a batsmen though, no qualms about that.

As for kohli, he's aged alot, forget his batting, he isn't even that proactive or friendly aggressive on the field anymore. Their was a time where he would celebrate even louder then the bowler who took the wicket. Now he just seems disinterested altogether. But i enjoy kohli as a personality. Good guy.
 
mominsaigol said:
I kinda lost my respect towards rohit tbh. I don't like him that much anymore.

Mainly cause It took Bumrah one test game to expose how medicore Rohit really was a captain.

The whole side is unprofessional, lazy, rude and just all over the place with him as captain. 90% of the time their isnt even a solid batting plan, everyone is just doing their own thing.

Not the case with bumrah who clearly understands test captaincy way better. Furthermore bumrah being a bowler knew how to set fields according to his own bowlers strengths.

I still enjoy classic hitman as a batsmen though, no qualms about that.

As for kohli, he's aged alot, forget his batting, he isn't even that proactive or friendly aggressive on the field anymore. Their was a time where he would celebrate even louder then the bowler who took the wicket. Now he just seems disinterested altogether. But i enjoy kohli as a personality. Good guy.
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I want Bumrah as the Test captain immediately.
 
Hitman said:
I want Bumrah as the Test captain immediately.
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I respect Bumrah sooo much now. He and Travis head are now my 2 favourite players.

But I like Bumrah for his captaincy more. Quality bowler no doubt but as soon as I saw him captaining I was like this man is the man to lead.

I genuinely didn't expect him to be this good. I watched the test game and honestly what a captain? Bumrah can easily be the pat cummins( captain wise) of India.

And he's much better then Cummins as a bowler too. But his only issue is that he's atrocious as a batsmen so when it comes to leading, I dont expect him to play responsibly from that end. But it's fine. If the batters can't do their jobs then it ain't the bowling captains fault.
 
I need to him to get another low single digit score or a duck in the next innings. Hopefully that will be enough to get rid of him, same for Sharma also...
 
Romali_rotti said:
I need to him to get another low single digit score or a duck in the next innings. Hopefully that will be enough to get rid of him, same for Sharma also...
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Not even Sourav Ganguly looked so hopeless from 2003 till the time he was sacked in 2005.
 
Since Virat is going through the same phase as Sachin in this series, should he look to just aim to get not out by completely cutting offside shots.

Your thoughts?
 
It's beyond him.

Send him on that Qantas long haul flight to the UK already. He is not in the Gavaskar/Sachin/Dravid league at all.
 
Varun said:
It's beyond him.

Send him on that Qantas long haul flight to the UK already. He is not in the Gavaskar/Sachin/Dravid league at all.
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Kohli as a talent is up there with Sachin and Sunny G unfortunately his hunger for game has dwindled immensely which means it’s unlikely he will be able to get a second wind like post tennis elbow Sachin
 
Xoib said:
Kohli as a talent is up there with Sachin and Sunny G unfortunately his hunger for game has dwindled immensely which means it’s unlikely he will be able to get a second wind like post tennis elbow Sachin
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When Sachin was Kohli's age he was already in the midst of the second wind in question.

Kohli is not even at 10,000 test runs.
 
Varun said:
When Sachin was Kohli's age he was already in the midst of the second wind in question.

Kohli is not even at 10,000 test runs.
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With Sachin it was obvious it was more injury related dip with Kohli it’s a hunger and discipline issue since Covid unless he sorts that out mediocre returns will keep happening
 
Maybe the whole of India needs to sit on a hunger strike. And this is me speaking, the biggest fan of Kohli till 2018. A lean patch means a year or two, not for 6 long years.
 
Xoib said:
With Sachin it was obvious it was more injury related dip with Kohli it’s a hunger and discipline issue since Covid unless he sorts that out mediocre returns will keep happening
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It's always been a technical issue. He has no game square of the wicket on the offside.
 
Xoib said:
Kohli as a talent is up there with Sachin and Sunny G
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Its a misnomer. Kohli isn't as talented as Sunny, let alone as Tendulkar. And did I mention in technique & temperament, he is nowhere close to these 2?
 
Sunil Gavaskar speaking about Virat kohli:

"If it was on the fourth stump I could understand."

"This was wide, on the seventh, eighth stump, you could say. There's no need to play that."

"He'd be very, very disappointed, he'd be very upset with that. Even before Rishabh Pant faced a ball, the rain started to come down and the covers have come on. If Kohli had shown a bit of patience he could be not out with KL Rahul."
 
He's averaging 31 in tests since the last 4 years btw.

65 innings and he's only got 3 centuries.
 
Nobody in Indina cricket history survived this long with that kind of numbers last 5 years. Nobody. His clout as a superstar has prolonged his career this long.
 
It's crazy how he went from sensational between 2015-2019 to pretty average since 2020. In the last 4-5 years he's been like Asad Shafiq. The odd good knock here and there but averaging mid 30s.
Steve Smith has also had a pretty poor slump but probably not as bad as Kohlis.
In 2019 he had what 28 test centuries, he was set to beat Tendulkar's 51 or atleast come close to that.

He is still the GOAT ODI player, but in tests there are countless greater batsmen that have played the game, not least in his own country.
 
Has not been the same since covid in red ball.
End of the next home series, or maybe the end of the England series next year would be a good time to bow out.
 
He is worth what 200 million dollar? Not sure if he has any motivation to fix his issues at this stage of his career. He just likes the limelight. That's the only explanation. You sure don't need anymore money. His one insta post makes 2 million dollar. He loves the idea of people cheering for him at the ground. No other explanation i can come with for his refusal to face the reality.
 
Kohli should retire.. there is no way BCCI is keeping him in the team for his performance. Just PR
 
Sunil Gavaskar's Unflinching Message As Virat Kohli Struggles For Form

With Virat Kohli struggling to get out of the rut, the Indian batting unit hasn't looked as powerful as it was expected to be in Australia. Over the years, Virat has done wonders Down Under, scoring runs for fun but the current tour has seen him getting out to similar deliveries time and again. India's batting great, Sunil Gavaskar, lent an important piece of advice as he tried to decode the struggles both Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma have endured in Australia.

Speaking of the outside-off problem that continues to bother Kohli, Gavaskar feels the batter continues to try the cover drive as he has scored thousands of runs while attempting that shot. Gavaskar wants Kohli to dig into the archives and watch his own videos where he couldn't stop scoring tons.

"Look, he's scored thousands of runs through that extra-cover drive," Gavaskar told Hindustan Times. "It's something that is probably the best shot in the world today, the Virat Kohli extra-cover drive. Not so much the cover-drive, but the one that goes between mid-off and extra-cover. That's a wonderful shot to see. That's a full-face-of-the-bat shot. And because he gets so many runs from that shot, he's tempted to go for that because that's a very productive shot for him. Maybe that is the reason why he is looking to play over there and gets out. If you see, it's not that he has opened the face of the bat. It's not that he is looking to play to the covers. If that was happening, then you could say, hey, don't play towards cover. But it's a shot that has got him thousands of runs. Only this time, maybe the late movement is getting him out."

When asked what Kohli could do on the field to prevent himself from getting out in the same manner again, Gavaskar said: "That's up to him. It is really up to him, what he does."

"But you don't score X thousand runs in international cricket and get that many hundreds unless you know how to approach and build a Test innings. I am sure this one week will give him a lot of time to look at his dismissals. More than the dismissals, I would like him and even Rohit (Sharma, the captain) to look at all the innings where they have scored brilliant centuries. That is what is going to make them start believing. I want that positivity to come into their thinking rather than them thinking only about getting out to deliveries that are on the off-stump."

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Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden pointed out the relatively easier conditions which Virat Kohli could expect in Melbourne, he said:

"There could've been magnificent wins, there could've been losses, there could've been spinning conditions - I mean, you can list off a hundred different areas where Virat Kohli, over his magnificent career, would have batted. But in Melbourne, he's going to have a good batting track. What he does need to do is find a way to continue staying at the crease. Flashing outside the off-stump is something that he's going to have to resist,"

"And I suggest - he gets in line with the ball a bit more and looks to play down the ground a little bit more. I know he's a magnificent cover driver, but so was Sachin Tendulkar, and he put it away for a day [Sydney's 241*]. I sat in the gully licking my lips, thinking, you know what, this is magnificent, stubborn batting. I didn't look like getting a catch that day, and yet I felt like I was in the game that entire series."

"So, Sachin put away the cover-drive, worked his way into the innings, hit off his legs beautifully, took on the spin, and addressed the areas of concern. He put a big cross through them and said, ‘not on my watch today’. Virat Kohli has got that personality, and I'm sure we'll see it in Melbourne,"
 
Not much has changed, it's just that his soft hundreds have become rare.
He never played crunch innings anyway.
 
Typical Kohli dismissal

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Bunny of Boland.

Kohli vs Boland in Tests
Five innings
73 balls
27 runs
Three dismissals
 
"Trying To Almost Pick A Fight Because...": Ex-Australia Star's Strange Assessment Of Virat Kohli

Former Australian cricketer Aaron Finch said that star India batter Virat Kohli is trying to "pick up a fight" and is "trying to be antagonistic" because that is when he plays at his best and puts all his skills on the show. Virat has been a constant fixture in the media during this Border-Gavaskar Trophy, both due to his poor performances with the bat, which have seen him score just 167 runs across four Tests at an average of 27.83 with just a century to his name, and his physical altercation with young Aussie batter Sam Konstas, which cost the veteran his 20 per cent match fee and invited the anger of Australian media.

Speaking on ESPN's Around the Wicket podcast, Finch said, "Virat is someone who has always thrived on pressure and he has thrived when his back is against the wall. It just feels like at this stage, he is trying to put his own back against the wall. He is trying to be antagonistic, he is trying to almost pick a fight because that is when he plays when he feels like someone's coming at him. That is when he puts all his skills on show."

"It just feels like he is pushing other people to make him feel like that and we have not seen the best of him in this series yet. He looked beautiful in the first innings at Melbourne and looked like he was not going to get out but Australia have bowled well," he added.

This year, Virat has scored 417 runs at an average of just 24.52, with barely one century and fifty in 19 innings. His best score is 100*.

The decade of 2020s has been a difficult one for Virat the Test batter. In 38 Tests since the start of this decade, Virat has made 2,005 runs at an average of 31.32, with just three centuries and nine fifties to his name and best score of 186.

In the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle, Virat has made 728 runs in 23 innings in 13 Tests at an average of 34.66, with two tons and three fifties in 23 innings and best score of 121.

However, in this series, Virat will get one more chance at redeeming himself in the fifth and final Test at Sydney, starting from January 3 onwards.

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Kohli keeps playing the shot he is most vulnerable at. KING FOR A REASON.LOL

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I wonder if Kohli has seen the movie Groundhog Day.

That's certainly what I am reminded of every time he gets dismissed in the exact same way.
 
After Kohli retires, he should buy a boat and take up fishing. I mean he has practically mastered the art as it is the amount of times he has gone fishing outside the off-stump.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I wonder if Kohli has seen the movie Groundhog Day.

That's certainly what I am reminded of every time he gets dismissed in the exact same way.
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He is not just king. He is king fisher. Seriously when you know there is no one going to drop you, you don't mind making the same mistake again and again and again. Selection committee should not care about why he is failing. IT doesn't matter. He is failing. So he has to go.
 
I don't ever remember Kohli playing the cut shot square of the wicket, it's all drives.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He is not just king. He is king fisher. Seriously when you know there is no one going to drop you, you don't mind making the same mistake again and again and again. Selection committee should not care about why he is failing. IT doesn't matter. He is failing. So he has to go.
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It has become a cruel joke at this point perpetrated on Indian fans. I wonder what the Australian team meetings even sound like when they discuss Kohli. I can't imagine the discussions lasting especially longer. There was a time when every Australian player used to be scared of riling him up, because that motivated him even more.

Now all they need to do is bowl outside the off-stump, and its only a matter of time before Big Kahuna takes the bait.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
It has become a cruel joke at this point perpetrated on Indian fans. I wonder what the Australian team meetings even sound like when they discuss Kohli. I can't imagine the discussions lasting especially longer. There was a time when every Australian player used to be scared of riling him up, because that motivated him even more.

Now all they need to do is bowl outside the off-stump, and its only a matter of time before Big Kahuna takes the bait.
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COmmentators always talk up these super stars in order to avoid the paid trolls on social media. Just look at Mark waugh's comment about ROhit sharma. Immediately his fan bots started trolling him. But Mark waugh didn't care. He just called what he saw. Gavaskar did question the attitude of Kohli in IPL. Immediately his fan bots started sharing his 32 runs in world cup started trolling him. India has 3 large toxic fan base. MSD, Kohli, Rohit. Don't care about MSD fan base as he has retired. Rohit is about to be phased out. Only Kohli left. We will have some sanity for a while. There is a new group of trolls for new batch of cricketers too.. Ruturaj fans vs Gill fans, Pant fans vs Samson fans vs KL Rahul fans, Jaiswal is the only one who is left in peace by fans. Soon he will also have his enemies when he fights for a spot against their favorites.
 
Even with no immediate pressure, it's baffling that a player of his caliber continues to make the same recurring mistakes. Ironically, India might have had a better chance of winning this series without Rohit and Kohli.
 
Virat completes the set with 8th dismissal in similar fashion...KING FOR A REASON.

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His test batting average at the end of 2019 was 55. His average has now fallen to 46.85.
 
This should be the end for Kohli, Rohit, Jadeja.

I can be on board with giving them 1 farewell match against SL or WI or BD at home, but anything more than that will be a travesty.
 
aboveandbeyond said:
I won't put kohli amongst fab 4.

Kohlis average has dipped towards mid 40's , whilst Root, Smith, Williamson average above 50
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It doesn’t matter what you put or not, Kohli, Root, Smith, Kane were the fab 4 of this their generation, that’s how the term came into existence.

Kohli is there even though he sucks compared to others in test cricket, you can’t remove him from the club.
 
RexRex said:
I don't ever remember Kohli playing the cut shot square of the wicket, it's all drives.
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You can't play that cut shot/square drive to an 8m length from a seamer when you are

1. Always standing outside the crease with weight on the front foot

2. Hands are well in front of the body.

You have to play back with hands beside the body and ride the bounce by playing late.

Technically, he's the weakest of the so called Fab Four.
 
big_gamer007 said:
It doesn’t matter what you put or not, Kohli, Root, Smith, Kane were the fab 4 of this their generation, that’s how the term came into existence.

Kohli is there even though he sucks compared to others in test cricket, you can’t remove him from the club.
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His continued inclusion is derailing the Title. Kohli has been finished for a while.
 
Kohli doesn't come out to bat. He comes out to give catching practice to the the Australian slip fielders.
 
It's a shame but I think his time is up as a Test player.
He keeps getting out the same way -- fishing outside off, in the fifth stump area.

That really isn't a flaw that you can hide in England this summer, where pitches and conditions will favour movement away.
He may still have mileage as a white ball player where wickets are flatter and the ball doesn't do as much
 
I’d drop him from all formats and then bring him whenever India plays Pakistan.

Our bowlers and fielders will make sure he gets his team over the line.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
I’d drop him from all formats and then bring him whenever India plays Pakistan.

Our bowlers and fielders will make sure he gets his team over the line.
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Come to think of it in all his key ODI/T20 innings against you, your guys have dropped him at least once.
 
Sanjay Manjrekar speaking on Day 2 of the Australia vs India 5th Test:

“Lots of greats have gone through a rut, but not in the fashion where they've got out to one particular shot and the great has not been able to find a way. There's another quick point I want to make if you see that dismissal and you've got to feel for Virat Kohli. There were occasions when he was trying to leave balls outside the off on this occasion, after many years, Mark and Simon, you see that he's actually deep inside the batting crease.”

“I mean, he's gone back and he's inside the batting crease. Now that is a very rare thing for Virat Kohli to do. You know, Virat Kohli loves getting outside the batting crease going forward. He's tried everything within his, you know, capabilities and on this occasion he tried being inside the batting crease, same result. What do you do? And Mark makes a good point about him now having clear self-doubt with what has happened and with the sameness of the end for every innings.”
 
YousafTheBeast said:
I need someone to find this out, cuz I actually think he was dropped in one of the Asia cup games.
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I remember he was definitely dropped at the start of the century knock in the 2015 World Cup.
 
Lowest avg in Tests since 2020 (min 50 innings)

29.62 - N Hossain Shanto (59 Innings)
29.69 - C Pujara (52 Innings)
30.11 - J Blackwood (53 Innings)
30.72 - V Kohli (69 Innings)
30.82 - Z Crawley (96 Innings)
32.17 - T Blundell (64 Innings)
33.04 - T Latham (72 Innings)
33.64 - K Brathwaite (73 Innings)
33.96 - D Warner (52 Innings)
34.41 - M Haque (57 Innings)
34.48 - O Pope (91 Innings)
35.05 - S Gill (59 Innings)
 
FearlessRoar said:
Lowest avg in Tests since 2020 (min 50 innings)

29.62 - N Hossain Shanto (59 Innings)
29.69 - C Pujara (52 Innings)
30.11 - J Blackwood (53 Innings)
30.72 - V Kohli (69 Innings)
30.82 - Z Crawley (96 Innings)
32.17 - T Blundell (64 Innings)
33.04 - T Latham (72 Innings)
33.64 - K Brathwaite (73 Innings)
33.96 - D Warner (52 Innings)
34.41 - M Haque (57 Innings)
34.48 - O Pope (91 Innings)
35.05 - S Gill (59 Innings)
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Gambhir, who was vouching for Pujara to be included for this series, should see his stats over last 4 years.

Pujara has been such a failure for such a long period of time and he was justifiably dropped from the team even though that was at least 2 years too late.

I bet Rahane would have similar stats over this period if not worse.
 
umerz said:
Even with no immediate pressure, it's baffling that a player of his caliber continues to make the same recurring mistakes. Ironically, India might have had a better chance of winning this series without Rohit and Kohli.
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Like we did last time in Australia.

Rohit didn't contribute much in that series apart from a 50 at SCG and 40-dd at Gabba.

As for Kohli, the moment he left Australian shores we started winning/drawing test matches. Such a panauti he has been for us over last few years.
 
aboveandbeyond said:
His continued inclusion is derailing the Title. Kohli has been finished for a while.
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There’s no title without any of the 4 players. Those 4 players make fab 4, you can’t remove any of them even if they suck in 1 format. The remaining 3 don’t hold a candle in front of Kohli in LOI’s, but will still be called fab 4.

You can coin a new term for the remaining 3 of you wish, but you would probably be the only one in the world using that term, rest of the world would use fab 4 even though there’s an average/mediocre test player in that 4. The term was made for 4 best batsman of the generation in all formats and when you consider LOI’s as well then Kohli is rightfully part of it.
 
Spineless selectors care only about Kohli's star value not India's fortunes. When Rohit was sacked they should have sacked Kohli as well. What was the need of him in the side. THey might say "he can help the captain". But you are wasting a valuable batting spot. Sundar who looks far better than Kohli is batting at 8.
 
Ranji Trophy: Virat Kohli Named In 22-Member Provisional Squad For Delhi's Next Game

Star batter Virat Kohli has been named in Delhi’s 22-member provisional squad for their next Ranji Trophy game against Saurashtra in Rajkot but doubts remain about his participation after it came to light that he is nursing a niggle.

It is learnt that Kohli has intimated the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) top brass that he has a neck niggle that he sustained in Sydney during the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia.

He was treated by the physio there and as of now, there is no clarity on availability for the Ranji match starting January 23.

Whether he will play or just fly down to Rajkot for a couple of days’ training will be clear only after he details his position to DDCA president Rohan Jaitley.

Kohli had last played a red-ball game for Delhi back in 2012 against Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad. A year after that, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar played his last Ranji Trophy match against Haryana at Lahli.

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Ranji Trophy: Virat Kohli Named In 22-Member Provisional Squad For Delhi's Next Game

Virat Kohli last played a red-ball game for Delhi back in 2012 against Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad.
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Kohli out with neck sprain :) This guy has extraordinarily avoided playing domestic for 13 years.No way he is playing now.
 
As per reports:

Virat Kohli, the star batter of the India National Cricket Team, is set to rejoin the Delhi squad for the final round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Kohli will be training with the Delhi team on Tuesday, January 28, in preparation for the upcoming match.

This will mark Kohli’s first appearance in the Ranji Trophy since 2012, as Delhi faces Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from January 30 to February 2. Delhi coach Sarandeep Singh recently confirmed Kohli’s availability for the crucial game.
 

Virat Kohli's Blunt Message To Teammates Ahead Of Ranji Trophy Return: "​


Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli will be playing his first Ranji Trophy match since 2012 when Delhi take on Railways on Thursday. Kohli, who did not have a good outing for India during the Test series loss against Australia, joined the squad in Delhi on Tuesday and started practice. It was a huge occasion for the youngsters in the side to practice alongside the modern great and Virat had a clear advice for his teammates. "Delhiwaale ho, dum dikhao. Shuruat accha kiya phir thande pad gaye. Positive khelo jaise Delhiwaale khelte hain," he said during the practice session according to a report by PTI.

It was in context of Delhi's form in the Ranji Trophy as they have won just one out of their six matches while two ended in a draw. Despite starting the season well, Delhi went defeated on three occasions.

At exactly 9am when his jet black Porsche zoomed in through the Feroz Shah Kotla ground's 'Virender Sehwag Gate', it was homecoming for Delhi's very own Virat Kohli, who checked in for a training stint with his first-class team after more than 12 years.

Save for pacer Navdeep Saini, all other 18 members of Delhi's squad had only seen him on TV and grown up listening to the tales of how 'Cheeku', the cherubic talent, became the 'King' of Indian cricket.

In the last 15 years, Delhi's 'Cheeku' became a hazy memory as he turned into the most commercially viable brand in global cricket, the face that ICC sold in its Olympic bid presentation.

On Monday, he was at his home ground for around three hours and had everyone in his vicinity hypnotised. Whether the young impressionable players, or seasoned head coach Sarandeep Singh or batting coach Bantu Singh -- all of them evidently wanted to be close to him.

Though courteous with all, the former India skipper seemed more comfortable with his former U-19 coach Mahesh Bhati, who is also the administrative manager of this team.

"Woh badlaa nahi hain. Usko chhole-poori pasand the aur humne mangaake rakhha thaa. Usne bola chole puri nahi khawoonga (He loves chhole poori, we made arrangements for him but he said he didn't want it)," a senior DDCA (Delhi and Districts Cricket Association) official told PTI.

What he did seek out after practice ahead of his first Ranji appearance in 12 years from January 30 was also an old favourite.

"Practice ke baad purane time ki tarah kadhi chawal khaya sabke saath (He had kadhi chawal with everyone)," revealed the official.

Everyone shadowed the icon like it was an event. Ranji Trophy matches are covered by a select bunch of domestic cricket faithfuls but on Monday, the numbers trebled.

Every move by the 'King' was followed. The two coaches -- Sarandeep and Bantu -- were by his side throughout and it would be difficult for photographers or videographers to edit them from the frame.

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Virat Kohli's Blunt Message To Teammates Ahead Of Ranji Trophy Return: "Thande Pad Gaye..." | Cricket News

Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli will be playing his first Ranji Trophy match since 2012 when Delhi take on Railways.
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