According to me, Kohli should be in place against South Africa…: Former player put forth his opinion on POTM award


For India, experienced batsman Virat Kohli batted brilliantly and played a match-winning inning of 76 runs in 59 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.

Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Getty Images)

The final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and South Africa on 29 June in Barbados. India won this match by 7 runs. For India, experienced batsman Virat Kohli batted brilliantly and played a match-winning innings of 76 runs in 59 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.

He did not spare any South African bowler and attacked everyone fiercely. Not only this, due to his innings, the experienced batsman was also awarded the Player of the Match award. However, former player Sanjay Manjrekar believes that this award should have been given to a bowler instead of Virat Kohli.

Let us tell you, at one point South Africa needed 30 runs in the last 5 overs to win. However, after this Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh bowled very well and did not let South Africa set the target.

According to NDTV, Sanjay Manjrekar said, ‘Talking about that innings, Hardik Pandya was the most aggressive batsman who played two balls. I believe that the Indian team batted very well and due to Virat Kohli’s innings we reached a very good position. These people performed very well but the bowlers bowled very well.’

My Player of the Match award should have been given to a bowler: Sanjay Manjrekar

The former player further said, ‘At one time India was in a position of defeat and South Africa had won 90% of the match. Virat Kohli batted very well and played an important innings for his team but the bowlers gave India the victory. They bowled brilliantly in the end and gave India the victory.’

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team performed very well throughout the tournament and did not lose even a single match. Many people praised the performance of the Indian team.

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