Legendary West Indies batter Chris Gayle aka The Universe Boss has extended his support to his former Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and India batting superstar Virat Kohli to dominate the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup 2023.
Virat Kohli has been in some stellar form with the bat ever since he ended his century drought last year during the Asia Cup in UAE. He has smashed four centuries across formats since then. He was seen in sensational form in the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore, scoring 639 runs. He smashed two back-to-back centuries during IPL 2023.
Chris Gayle Made A Big Prediction About Virat Kohli
Chris Gayle feels Kohli is currently in the right frame of mind, which makes him the player to watch out for during the upcoming marquee tournament. He said:
“Tough times don’t last long tough players last longer. Virat is tough mentally as well physically. I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t go to this World Cup and dominate. As players, we always go through phases where things seem a bit dull and you need positive energy around to uplift yourself. Once we get back in the groove, we know how dangerous we can be.”
Further, Gayle talked about team India’s IPL title drought. Gayle admitted that team India will be under a lot of pressure as they will play the tournament at home as favorites. He said:
“I know India have not won an ICC trophy in a long time and same is the case with us (West Indies). We last won in 2016. Pressure will be on India as they play at home as favourites,”
Notably, it has been more than a decade since the Indian cricket team last touched the prestigious ICC silverware. The last time team India won the ICC trophy was under the leadership of MS Dhoni in 2013 and ever since then, the team has been struggling to win the major tournaments.
The upcoming ICC World Cup 2023 will be a golden opportunity for the Indian team to end their trophy drought as they will have a home advantage, unlike other teams.
Talking about Virat Kohli, the former captain will be next seen in action in the upcoming tour of West Indies, where the Indian cricket team will lock horns with West Indies in a multi-format series, starting on 12th July.
