‘Teams are going to bowl spin against him’ – Former England captain’s bold statement on Virat Kohli

 ‘Teams are going to bowl spin against him’ – Former England captain’s bold statement on Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (Source: Twitter)

Former England skipper, Michael Vaughan opined that most teams will use spinners against the former India skipper Virat Kohli in the remainder of the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It is due to his struggles against spinners and at the strike rate at which he is batting in the ongoing cash-rich league. In IPL 2023 thus far, Kohli has a strike rate of 113.76 against spinners and has been out four times in six innings. Venkatesh Iyer’s outstanding catch against KKR, however, resulted in Andre Russell dismissing him.

“A lot of teams are going to bowl spin against Virat because of his strike rate against them. I think he has a 107 strike rate against spin. So most teams are going to bowl spin against Virat Kohli and they are going to put three fielders at the mid-wicket. I think his mindset after the powerplay is almost to be there at the 18th (over). I don’t think he is thinking about boundaries enough. I think he can (hit boundaries) because he is got the game, the power, and the timing to be able to go and hit the six,” Vaughan was quoted as saying on Cricbuzz after the RCB vs KKR clash.

They can’t rely on the cameos from that middle-order: Michael Vaughan

The trio of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell has scored the majority of runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 edition of the cash-rich league. They have contributed 73% of the runs for the side. So far in the tournament, RCB has scored a total of 1365 runs, the three players together have scored 1053 runs. Out of the 1053 runs, Faf has scored 442 runs, Kohli has scored 333 runs and Maxwell has scored  258 runs.

“They can’t rely on the cameos from that middle-order. He (Virat Kohli) is going to continue with the mentor of that first six. It’s like a team take a couple of more risks,” the right-hand batter asserted on the need for RCB middle-order batters to take risks and fire runs.

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