A hilarious chat between Virat Kohli and Shakib Al Hasan in the course of the India vs Bangladesh first Take a look at went gone viral on social media. On Day 2 of the sport at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Kohli sledged Shakib throughout his batting. Because the Bangladesh star spinner bowled sequence of yorkers to Kohli, the Indian batter later determined to criticize him. The stump mic captured Kohli referring to Shakib as ‘Malinga’. Sri Lanka legend Malinga, who was referred to within the remark made by Kohli, possessed the power of bowling unplayable yorkers with uncooked tempo.
“Malinga bana hua hai, yorker pe yorker de raha hai (Appearing like Malinga, bowling yorker after yorker),” Kohli may very well be heard saying to Shakib within the video.
“Niyamai malli,” wrote Malinga whereas reacting to it. The remark interprets to ‘Nice, brother.’
This is the response –
Niyamai malli https://t.co/heeEK48QRP
— Lasith Malinga (@malinga_ninety9) September 21, 2024
Star India batter Kohli’s kind dip continued as he failed to fireside within the first Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh held at Chennai. In each innings of the Take a look at, Kohli delivered poor scores of 6 and 17.
Whereas within the first innings, he chased an out of doors off stump supply by Hasan Mahmud, within the second innings, he fell sufferer to a improper LBW choice. Having chosen to not assessment it, the UltraEdge found the bat making contact with the ball, which might have dominated Virat not out had he opted for a assessment.
Virat is having a poor run of kind throughout all codecs this 12 months. In 15 matches and 17 innings this 12 months, he has scored simply 319 runs at a sub-par common of 18.76, with only one half-century to his title and a finest rating of 76 made in the course of the T20 World Cup ultimate in opposition to South Africa.
Now, in Exams, Virat’s common is at an eight 12 months low. In 114 Exams, he has scored 8,871 runs in 193 innings at a median of 48.74, with 29 centuries and 30 fifties. The final time his common was decrease than this was throughout November 2016, when he averaged 48.28.
The interval of 2020s has not been sort to Virat in white colors. In 30 Exams performed for the reason that begin of 2020, he has scored simply 1,669 runs at a median of simply 32.72, with simply two centuries and eight fifties in 52 innings. His finest rating is 186.
In 5 Exams and eight innings in the course of the 2023-25 ICC World Take a look at Championship cycle, Virat has scored 392 runs at a median of 49.00, with a century and two fifties. His finest rating is 121. As a way to safe their maiden WTC title, India would little question want Virat to fireside in coming matches in opposition to Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Australia, which can decide if they’ll make the hat-trick of WTC finals, having misplaced to NZ and Australia thus far within the title conflict.
(With ANI Inputs)
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