Viral Retort From An Australia Star To Kapil Dev’s Comments On Dropping Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli played the final two Twenty20 Internationals against England, scoring 1 and 11.
The pressure on Virat Kohli is increasing as he maintains his mediocre batting form. With players like Deepak Hooda impressing in Kohli’s absence while the former India captain was with the Test team or rested, Dropping Virat to replace him with younger options have grown. Former India captain Kapil Dev recently commented on the situation, saying that despite being a “established player,” he should be dropped if he can’t put in good performances.
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Kapil Dev’s quote was shared by the International Cricket Council.
“Play in-form players when you have loads of options. You can’t just go by reputation but you have to look for current form. You can be an established player but that doesn’t mean that you will be given chances even if you fail five games in a row,” Kapil had said.
Australia opener Usman Khawaja, on the other hand, responded with a hilarious response to the post, implying that India’s opponents would welcome the decision to remove Kohli from the T20 team.
Khawaja wrote in response to the ICC’s post: “averages 50 at nearly 140 Excellent decision. Australia concurs.”
The comment received over 18,000 “likes,” with several users sharing screenshots of it on Twitter.
Kohli played the final two Twenty20 Internationals against England, scoring 1 and 11.
With the 2022 T20 World Cup set to begin in Australia in October, India will be hoping that Kohli can regain form sooner rather than later.
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