In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Orange Cap rankings, Virat Kohli was only one hit away from overtaking Riyan Parag on Tuesday during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). A few poignant recollections of his T20 heroics in the early going of the lucrative league have been provided by the former captain of the Royal Challenge. At the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the former captain of the Indian cricket team scored an impressive 83 runs off of 59 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
But Shreyas Iyer and company managed to chase down the 183-run goal in only 16.5 overs, so Kohli's blow was in naught. Against the two-time champions, the former captain of India batted with a strike rate of 140.68. Kohli was still the game's top run scorer, but when RCB lost at home, questions were raised about his strike rate. previous Australian batsman David Hussey silenced the detractors of the previous captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), challenging his T20 credentials in the IPL, by publicly endorsing Kohli.
"Virat Kohli is the leading run scorer, isn't he in the IPL currently? He's a pretty good player. I don't think he's going to have too many issues. If you see the strike rate in this IPL, he seems to have taken his game to a new level, he's evolved again. You never write off champions, like you never write off Steve Smith, (like) you never write off Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma. You never write them off and I'm certain that Virat Kohli is going to come out in the next World Cup and be the dominant force that he has been for the better part of a decade. Never write off your champions," Hussey added.
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