DTVHINDI“They have very talented players to choose from”- RCB head coach on Virat’s T20 World Cup selection
Virat Kohli played a brilliant century against Rajasthan Royals on 6th April, which everyone is praising at the moment. But he is also being criticized a lot for the strike rate at which he scored his century. After seeing this inning of his, now there is only one question in everyone’s mind whether he will get a place in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in June. Now RCB coach Andy Flower has given his opinion on this issue. Speaking about India’s T20 World Cup selection, the RCB coach said that, he does not know what the Indian selectors are thinking at the moment. However, he further said that, Kohli is currently on top among the players available for selection for this ICC event to be held in June. Andy Flower said, “Virat Kohli is a great player and the brilliant innings he played today was excellent. And it was actually really beautiful to see. I really won’t comment on the selection of the Indian team. I don’t know what they’re thinking. They have very talented players to choose from, you know, the team doesn’t have a better player than Virat Kohli in terms of experience.” The RCB coach was highly critical of the team’s batting performance as he felt that Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis failed to utilize the start they had given the team. Flower believes that the team started well with the ball but their momentum ended in the last over of the powerplay. He said, “To be honest, we were a little light in scoring runs. Given the head start we had, I felt that way. So if you look at the 12th over, I think we were at 107 without losing any wicket. I think we should have done that, after being in that position on a good pitch, we should have gone beyond 200, but it did not happen. We started well with the ball, Topli and Yash made a great start but the momentum went in their favor in the last over of the powerplay.
Whom will you choose between Sunil Narayan and Andre Russell?, Shreyas Iyer said a big thing
Sunil Narayan and Philip Salt made a brilliant opening for KKR. Shreyas Iyer (Image Credit- IPL/X) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by seven wickets in the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Batting first, RCB scored 182 runs on the board thanks to Virat Kohli’s 83*. In response, KKR achieved the target by losing 3 wickets with 19 balls remaining. Philip Salt (30) and Sunil Narine (47) gave a great start to KKR. Both the batsmen added 86 runs for the first wicket, which ensured Kolkata’s victory. Venkatesh Iyer (50) and Shreyas Iyer (39*) played important innings. After the match, former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson discussed the performances of Philip Salt and Sunil Narine. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer had a special conversation on Match Center Live. Iyer said, ‘Actually it is going well, because the think-tank is very big. Everyone’s input in analyzing wickets and gathering information has been spot-on. Our communication is very strong right now. Both of them are very useful for the team- Shreyas Iyer When asked about the choice between Sunil Narine as an opening batsman or Andre Russell as a death bowler, Shreyas Iyer said, you cannot choose because you bowl in the death overs at one end and open at the other end. Talking about doing. Both of them have been very useful and phenomenal assets to the team. If they don’t do well with the ball, they can compensate with the bat. This is a big positive thing for our team. On Philip Salt’s batting, Shane Watson said that the first three overs were actually all good cricket shots. But because of Philip Salt, he hit some boundaries first and then the bowlers started making mistakes. They started bowling fast and then they could take even more advantage at the end of the powerplay.
