Virat Kohli is one of those players about whom one has to think a hundred times before writing anything. You question his career and he leaves you speechless in the very next innings. That's why we give a disclaimer in advance that instead of taking the comment on Virat Kohli to heart, understand it logically. After that decide whether Virat Kohli is still the 'Best of the Best' or the 'Rest of the Best'. Now this 'rest of the best' is not, you will not see consistency in it.
Simply put, now Virat Kohli will win you one out of ten matches with his single-handed batting but will not be able to win three out of ten matches at all. This is one of the main reasons behind the condition of Royal Challengers Bangalore in this IPL. Let us now explain this thing to you in a 'logical' way. Let's tell that after this defeat, Virat Kohli's annoyance was also seen by everyone, but the question is, who is responsible for this defeat?
Take the example of the match against Kolkata Knight Riders
RCB had a match with KKR on Wednesday. Virat Kohli was captaining. Kolkata batted first. Adding 200 runs to the scoreboard and setting RCB a target of 201, Virat Kohli opened the innings with Faf du Plessis. He hit a four on the very first ball of 25-year-old Vaibhav Arora. But took a single on the second ball and gave the strike to Faf Duplesey. Now you will say that it was a wise act by Virat. Let us accept your point of view. Umesh Yadav came with the next over.
Virat Kohli again hit the first ball of Umesh Yadav's over for a four. Taking a single on the second ball, he then gave the strike to Faf Duplesey. Faf Duplesey hit two consecutive sixes on the last two balls of the same over. Faf du Plessis was dismissed in the next over. Now wait - 'rewind' some things. Do not forget that RCB had to score 201 runs. Hitting fours there, taking singles and rotating the strike was not going to work. It was time for the powerplay. Virat should have been more aggressive.
Well the story is not over yet. Virat took a single on the first ball of the third over and gave the strike back to Faf. He did the same again in the fourth over. This time he hit Varun Chakraborty for a four on the first ball. Taking a single on the next ball, gave the strike to Shahbaz Ahmed. We explained this story of four overs to you because now there has been a change in the format of T20 as well. Now the theory of 'sheet anchor' has become old. Now the batsman has to be aggressive from both ends of the wicket. The teams which have done well in the season, their opening pair are attacking from both sides. Otherwise, even David Warner has scored more than three hundred runs, his team is in the last position.
