Virat Kohli - The Best Number Three Batsman In The World

 

It has been proved again and again that Virat Kohli is the best number three batsman in the world at the moment. He is in his full elements, especially when India is set a target to chase. After all, most of Kohli’s centuries have come when India was chasing to win.

This didn’t really happen during the South Africa or the New Zealand tour where India failed to win a single ODI. Matches were either washed off or were tied as happened in SA and NZ respectively.

But Kohli was the only bright spot in the otherwise dismal Indian batting show. Kohli scored one century and two half-centuries in the series. He scored 123 runs in the first match. And then came up with scores of 78 and 82 runs in the second and the fifth matches respectively.

There were two rare failures for Virat Kohli. One of these two scores was six off 20 balls and the other was just two runs off 10 balls, when he had come to open the innings in the fourth match at Hamilton.

Kohli scored a century in a lost cause as his 123 runs came off 111 balls with 11 fours and a couple of sixes. He came up with another magnificent score of 78 runs in the next match that came in just 65 balls. This knock included seven fours and two sixes.

The dashing batsman made a valiant attempt to register at least one win for India in the ODI series. This time also his score of 82 runs came at a strike rate of more than 100. He scored these runs in 78 balls. This was inclusive of seven fours and as many as three huge sixes.

However, he hardly got any support from the opening batsmen. In fact, he was attacking and always played the attacking shots even when the top order was failing consistently. Even when India lost early wickets that hardly made Kohli change his game plan in any way.

Virat Kohli is one man whom India can always look up to in times of crisis. No wonder, he is as dependable as Sachin Tendulkar.

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