In 14 games of the IPL 2023, Virat Kohli scored 639 runs with an average of 53.25 and a strike rate of 139.82, including two centuries and six half-centuries. Despite Kohli’s stellar effort, RCB was unable to advance to the IPL playoffs in 2023.
In Shorts
# Gavaskar advised that the IPL 2024 should keep an eye on Kohli’s performance.
# Based on his recent performance, Gavaskar declared that Kohli would be in his T20I lineup.
# IPL 2023: Kohli scored 639 runs in 14 games.
All India Insights Sports Desk
Sunil Gavaskar, a legendary batsman for India, highlighted that it is too soon to decide whether Virat Kohli belongs in the Indian team for the 2024 T20 World Cup. The 1983 champion emphasised that there will be another IPL season played prior to the main event, and Kohli’s position should be decided based on his performance at that time.
However, for the past several months, Kohli has been in outstanding T20 cricket form. Kohli broke Chris Gayle’s record for the most IPL hundreds in the IPL 2023 by hitting straight hundreds.
Gavaskar told Sports Tak that the 2024 T20 World Cup would be contested before deciding whether or not to include the older hitters in India’s team. Before that, in March or April, there will be another IPL. At that moment, Kohli’s form should be scrutinised. It serves no purpose to discuss it right now. Given his recent performance, he would unquestionably belong in the team if the upcoming T20 international involved India and took place in June.
But before we can discuss team selection for the 2024 World Cup, which will be held in the West Indies and America, we need to evaluate how players are performing in the IPL.
In light of his recent performance, “Virat would without a doubt be in my T20I selection for India’s forthcoming matches in the format. In the IPL 2023, he has two hundreds of points. even scoring 50 in T20 cricket while hitting two hundreds.
Despite Kohli’s stellar performances, Royal Challengers Bangalore finished sixth in the standings after losing to Gujarat Titans in their final season game, preventing them from making the IPL 2023 playoffs.