After a much-deserved break, India’s batting superstar Virat Kohli will be making his return to international cricket for the Asia Cup tournament. Having been rested for as many as four white-ball assignments since IPL 2022, Virat is all set to make a comeback with the Indian cricket team and he will be hoping to make a long-lasting impact with his bat.
As the Indian batting legend will return to competitive cricket at the Asia Cup, he will be hoping to find his rhythm back when the Indian side will take on Pakistan in their opening clash of the multi-nation tournament on August 28. However, ahead of his return, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has a final message for the former Indian captain.
Having last scored a ton in November 2019 in Kolkata, Kohli has now gone on 1000+ days without getting to the three-figure mark. Speaking at an interaction on the sidelines of a media event in Kolkata, Ganguly admitted that Kohli needs to score runs for himself. He said:
“He needs to score runs not only for India but for himself. Hopefully, it will be a good season for him. We all are confident that he’ll come back,”
He added: “He’s a very big player, there for a long time. I know he has his own formula to score runs. It’s ot possible that players of his stature can’t have such a long lean patch, I know he will definitely score runs. If he was not a great player, he would not have scored so many runs for so long,”
Well, the statement received mixed reactions from the Virat Kohli fans, here, check out the reactions of fans:
I hope Sourav Ganguly shuts up and let Viat focus on his game.
He is Unnecessarily adding undue pressure Virat
— VK ƬΣJΛ (@Teja_VK) August 26, 2022
Sourav has forgotten his own playing career!!!
— AK (@rwamit) August 26, 2022
Guysss ladai hone waali hain popcorn le aao
— Grilledbunny (@GrilledBunnyy) August 26, 2022
I hope Sourav Ganguly shuts up and let Viat focus on his game.
He is Unnecessarily adding undue pressure Virat
— VK ƬΣJΛ (@Teja_VK) August 26, 2022
Wish there were such BCCI presidents in early 2000’s https://t.co/fR040Y1iUU
— Venkata Krishna B (@venkatatweets) August 26, 2022
The worst insult a sportsman can get , when he’s the best you had and have. you don’t deserve to be in any sports administration, you have insulted the game of cricket as well shame on you.
— John Ambrose Fernandes (@fernanded_john) August 26, 2022
India’s squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan Standbys: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
