Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, sent Indian cricket fans into a frenzy by bowling in a T20 World Cup practice match against the Australia squad. Kohli was initially benched for the game, with Rohit Sharma taking over as captain. Kohli, on the other hand, astonished everyone when he came on to bowl the seventh and thirteenth overs of the first innings.
Both of his overs were frugal. While bowling to Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith, he only gave up four runs in the seventh over. In the 13th over, he gave up eight runs.
Fans were ecstatic to see Kohli bowling again after such a long time. Many of them resorted to Twitter to voice their opinions on the situation. Here are some of the most amusing responses:
Hardik Pandya, the all-rounder, has yet to start bowling in practice sessions, according to Rohit Sharma. He was optimistic, though, that Pandya would begin bowling in training shortly and be ready for the T20 World Cup in 2021.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma said on air before the practice match against Australia that if the situation arises during the World Cup, he, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav might chip in with the ball.
“He’s getting there. He’s not started bowling yet but in the next few days he starts bowling and he should be ready when the World Cup starts. Possibly. Myself, Virat, Surya. We’ll all bowl and see if we can chip in with a sixth option. Even if we play with five bowlers, we’ve got the quality. The sixth bowler just gives you an extra option in case someone is having a bad day.” He said
“We obviously want to make sure we get our sixth bowling option in as well. There are a few other things in the batting order which we want to try. Possibly, today is the day we try all those things.” he added
The Indian T20 World Cup squad will try to make the most of their warm-up match against Australia in order to prepare for their match against Pakistan on October 24.
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