There has been a lot of discussion about the strike rate of India’s star batsman Virat Kohli in the current IPL 2024. Some experts have raised the question whether the shorter format of the game has overtaken Virat Kohli’s batting approach. In this episode, former Pakistani captain Wasim Akram showed his support to Virat Kohli and raised questions on Kohli’s batting style and his strike rate.

Wasim Akram says that if Virat is scoring centuries with a strike rate of 150 then it is fine. If the team wins, he is not criticized, but if the team loses, his strike rate is discussed. During this time, he has also lashed out at other RCB batsmen.

Wasim Akram came out in support of Virat Kohli

Wasim Akram, quoting Sportskeeda, said, “What is he getting in the criticism…that his team is losing, now if the guy scores a hundred at a strike rate of 150 then it will be fine…had the team won, there would have been no criticism. Even when Kohli was the captain, there was pressure on him and now even if he is not the captain, the pressure is on him. Score after score is being scored, one person does not have to win the match, the entire team has to win the match in T20 format. It is not right to criticize him without any reason.”

He further said, “There is still a lot of cricket left in Virat Kohli. Now RCB will have to think a lot as to why the team’s performance has been so bad for 16 years. They are fine in batting but they are failing in bowling. Some people are saying that you already know that the ground is like this, so select the players and bowlers accordingly. If the boundary is small then it is for the other team also.”

Recently, Virat Kohli had given a sharp reaction to the criticism on strike rate. Now Sunil Gavaskar reacted to his statement before the RCB vs GT match. Gavaskar had criticized Virat’s statement on TV.