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Same Dhoni struggled against Malinga in the last over of the more important 2014 T20I World Cup final. Iirc he made 3 runs off 5 balls
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[VIDEO] Was Virat Kohli's six off Haris Rauf arguably the greatest single T20 shot of all time?
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Same Dhoni struggled against Malinga in the last over of the more important 2014 T20I World Cup final. Iirc he made 3 runs off 5 balls
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That was a one - off thing. Dhoni pre 2015 was a beast. Infact i rated him better than Kohli. Unfortunately what happened after tarnished a bit of his legacy for me.
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Just watched this show now. I always thought Rauf was a pretty chill guy, and the show proves it. I'm also amazed at how much the Kohli six follows him around. The number of times it was referenced in the show and sometimes in a mock-insulting way. Rauf did well handling it and I agree with what he said - it was a one-off thing from a truly great player who would probably never be able to replicate it against Rauf again.
Watching the show also made me a little sad about how different such shows are on either side. In India, a player like Wasim would be talked of respectfully for sure, maybe by some in awe too. But there is no way right now, I can imagine anyone talking about a great Pakistani player the way the host or the crowd responded to references of Kohli. And that is a sad thing.
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This is totally subjective but it was one hell of a shot given the moment and the opposition.
There is one camera angle of it from some spectators mobile phone and it honestly gives me goosebumps seeing Kohli launching that missile straight up the bowlers head. The straight shot always has a separate fan base anyway. I once finished a casual school game with a huge straight six using literally some school furniture piece of wood and it is still the only shot i ever think of or even remember. It’s a hell of a feeling when you pull off something as mesmerisingly elegant as that.
There is one camera angle of it from some spectators mobile phone and it honestly gives me goosebumps seeing Kohli launching that missile straight up the bowlers head. The straight shot always has a separate fan base anyway. I once finished a casual school game with a huge straight six using literally some school furniture piece of wood and it is still the only shot i ever think of or even remember. It’s a hell of a feeling when you pull off something as mesmerisingly elegant as that.
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Rauf badly bottled this situation big time. He will be badly scared by these two shots.
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Kohli, his PR team, Indian team management, Kohli fans etc would be milking this for years to extend his career. Sadly they might succeed.
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it was great shot in context of a game
but had rauf gone for pace. surely there would have been no chance of a 2 sixes
but had rauf gone for pace. surely there would have been no chance of a 2 sixes
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It was fun during the world cup. I am not sure anyone goes gaga over it still. Lot of things happened since. Kohli struggling on a turning wicket did not go well with fans.
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Just because it's Kohli it doesn't make it the best shot ever. 6s like that where they are flat-batted over the bowlers head are a dime a dozen these days.
What about Brathwaite's 4 sixes in a row to win the WC final needing 19 off the last over if you want a clutch moment? Kohli's was merely a pool match.
What about Brathwaite's 4 sixes in a row to win the WC final needing 19 off the last over if you want a clutch moment? Kohli's was merely a pool match.
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Seems Babar has done this shot in the past!
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jnaveen1980
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Flat batting in that fashion done by a lot. Buttler is an example. But flat batting with straight bat is very very rare.
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Its a different ball game to play this shot at the MCG
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Yes. Kohli himself has palyed that shot several times in his career. One that i remember was against Chris Woakes with a straight bat. Nobody ever talked about it once the match was over. This one happened with millins and millions watching in a crunch WC game. That too while facing a steep asking rate.
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Virat Kohli on the Melbourne clash
“I still can’t make any sense of it. That’s a very honest admission. And a lot of people have tried to ask me what were you thinking, how did you plan and I have no answers. The fact of the matter is that I was so much under pressure that my mind had shut off completely by the 12th or 13th over"
“At the 10th over mark, we were 31 for 4 and I had just ran Axar out. I was 12 off 25, or something. I remember in the break, Rahul bhai came to me and I don’t remember what he said. I swear and I even told him this as well. I told him, ‘I have no idea what you told me in that break because I was zoned out’"
“My mind was spinning so fast…I was like this is worse than it was before. I had spiralled down so far down that there is no comeback from here and that was my honest feeling at the halfway mark.
That is when my instinct took over. So when I stopped thinking and planning, whatever God-given talent I have that came to the surface and then I felt like something higher was guiding me"
“What happened that night, I can never explain it and it won’t happen ever again,"
“I still can’t make any sense of it. That’s a very honest admission. And a lot of people have tried to ask me what were you thinking, how did you plan and I have no answers. The fact of the matter is that I was so much under pressure that my mind had shut off completely by the 12th or 13th over"
“At the 10th over mark, we were 31 for 4 and I had just ran Axar out. I was 12 off 25, or something. I remember in the break, Rahul bhai came to me and I don’t remember what he said. I swear and I even told him this as well. I told him, ‘I have no idea what you told me in that break because I was zoned out’"
“My mind was spinning so fast…I was like this is worse than it was before. I had spiralled down so far down that there is no comeback from here and that was my honest feeling at the halfway mark.
That is when my instinct took over. So when I stopped thinking and planning, whatever God-given talent I have that came to the surface and then I felt like something higher was guiding me"
“What happened that night, I can never explain it and it won’t happen ever again,"
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That was towards cow corner, but hitting for a straight six on a slower bouncer is something special.
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Wow, great quotes. That knock was something special, unique, and inexplicable even by the man himself.
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Shadab Khan:
"He is a world class player, definitely. You have to plan a lot to face him. Anyway, in international cricket, there are a lot of mind games, because you definitely have the skill to reach that level. But how you read each other's minds, the bowler and the batter, how they read each other's minds, and it also depends on what the situation is," Shadab said on the Star Sports show 'Follow the Blues'.
"The kind of batsman that Virat Kohli is, the way he has performed against us, even in the last match at the World Cup, I don't think that if any other batsman in the world was in that situation, could have done that to our bowling line-up. And the beauty of it is that he can do this at any stage and at any time."
"He is a world class player, definitely. You have to plan a lot to face him. Anyway, in international cricket, there are a lot of mind games, because you definitely have the skill to reach that level. But how you read each other's minds, the bowler and the batter, how they read each other's minds, and it also depends on what the situation is," Shadab said on the Star Sports show 'Follow the Blues'.
"The kind of batsman that Virat Kohli is, the way he has performed against us, even in the last match at the World Cup, I don't think that if any other batsman in the world was in that situation, could have done that to our bowling line-up. And the beauty of it is that he can do this at any stage and at any time."
It was a good shot. But the timing of when it happened made it epic. India was out of the game for all practical reasons. Haris Rauf and Nawaz could not handle the pressure.
Pakistan had the game in the bag. But they choked. Kohli stole the sandwich right from the mouth of Haris.
Pakistan had the game in the bag. But they choked. Kohli stole the sandwich right from the mouth of Haris.
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Haris didn't choke. Nawaz did. Haris' mistake was just that he bowled two slower balls which were incredibly dispatched by Kohli. Haris in that same over had bowled 4 fast balls for 4 runs. You've just got to tip your hat to Kohli. He was sensational.
As for Nawaz, he completely choked. Never had belief in his bowling capability and resorted to medium fast darters which was his undoing. Had he stuck to bowling spin, he probably would've defended 15. Also, India had luck going their way. That no-ball which was a 50-50 call. Then the 3 overthrow runs after Kohli got bowled by Nawaz.
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Sometimes Harris becomes quite predictable when it comes to bowling slower deliveries especially during the death overs, he should prioritize fast yorkers over slower balls.
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As both players met during the training session, Haris could be heard saying, “Jidhar se guzarta hu na, Kohli-Kohli hota hai (Wherever I go, I hear your name),” seemingly referring to the questions Haris is often asked about the sixes that the India's star batter hit him.
As both players (Kohli and Rauf) met during the training session, Haris could be heard saying, “Jidhar se guzarta hu na, Kohli-Kohli hota hai (Wherever I go, I hear your name),” seemingly referring to the questions Haris is often asked about the sixes that the India's star batter hit him.
As both players (Kohli and Rauf) met during the training session, Haris could be heard saying, “Jidhar se guzarta hu na, Kohli-Kohli hota hai (Wherever I go, I hear your name),” seemingly referring to the questions Haris is often asked about the sixes that the India's star batter hit him.
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In a video shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board on X (Twitter), Rauf tells Kohli: “I keep remembering that Australia six in Sydney. What even was that?”
Kohli took in the praise and went on to ask Rauf how his body was holding up before the World Cup. “Is your body fine?”
“I’m at it [practising and keeping fit] continuously,” says Rauf. “We have back-to-back matches.”
Kohli chips in and says, “It’s important to have continuous games. 50-over games are hard as we have not played them enough recently.”
Rauf went on to tell Kohli that playing India is always exciting before the two shook hands and parted ways.
Kohli took in the praise and went on to ask Rauf how his body was holding up before the World Cup. “Is your body fine?”
“I’m at it [practising and keeping fit] continuously,” says Rauf. “We have back-to-back matches.”
Kohli chips in and says, “It’s important to have continuous games. 50-over games are hard as we have not played them enough recently.”
Rauf went on to tell Kohli that playing India is always exciting before the two shook hands and parted ways.
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Disgraceful stuff from Rauf your paks quickest bowler keep the fear factor going. Ambrose & McGrath would never give the opposition time of day yet he is up the oppositions rear end for a few tik tok likes.
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Virat Kohli played the greatest cricketing shot on this day last year in WT20 2022.
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The greatest T20 shot of all time was Misbah's scoop shot. Changed cricketing landscape forever.
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Is Virat's this shot to Naveen a ditto copy of the shot he hit to Haris Rauf in MCG?
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Lol what a guy.
Mistimes the shot in a meaningless series Vs a minnow side. (Still gets a 4)
But then times the leather off of it in a crunch, high pressure match with his team in a corner in a World Cup Vs arch rivals- off of a bowler who was bowling circles around the rest of the batsmen.
GOAT for a reason.
Yet we have batsmen who are ready to feast on associates but then panic in world events….
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To be fair, Naveen is a better bowler than Rauf.
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Seems Haris a repeat offender ...
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WOW! A huge, huge hit.
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Haris Rauf is a tape ball bowler who only knows a couple of things bowl fast and without purpose, proper players school him for fun, firmly believe that if Rauf was not there in 2023 WC and 2024WC , our results would had been different
This guy killed the show against AFG in 2023 WC and then a blunder over against US
This guy killed the show against AFG in 2023 WC and then a blunder over against US
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This guy, like the rest of the modern day Pakistani players, never learns. Totally one-dimensional.
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trust me it seems more like a 180 meters monster hit!
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Great shot indeed, but the real worry for India is why their white ball GOAT so bang average in Test cricket.Exactly 2 year ago GOAT played That shot.
Less than 10k runs and less than 50 average after nearly 200 innings is embarrassing for a batsman who gets so much hype and adulation.
I guess all the wokeism, tattoos, vegan diet, grinding in the gym and fitness bands can’t buy the talent, skill and mental strength required for Test cricket which he lacks. A shame.
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