New Delhi, Oct 20: Former England captain Nasser Hussain praised Virat Kohli’s 48th ODI century in leading India to a seven-wicket win in their 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup league match against Bangladesh, saying the talismanic right-handed batter is brilliant in run-chases as he is always playing the situations while hunting down a total.
Chasing 257 at MCA Stadium in Pune, Kohli slammed 103 not out off 97 balls, hitting six fours and four sixes at a strike-rate of 106.18, after Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared an 88-run opening stand to give India their fourth consecutive win of the competition.“Kohli always plays the situation and that’s why he is brilliant in run chases. He sees the situation out there in front of him, he won’t be much off the strike rate anyway because he never takes up deliveries or chews up deliveries.”“On a pitch like this if you wanted to go into another gear, if he was chasing 350, Kohli would’ve gone into another gear, but he was just making sure India got over the line as he often does,” Hussain told Star Sports.He also said that with Kohli, Rohit and Shubman Gill in fine form, the pressure will be more on bowlers in coming matches. (IANS)
