Virat Kohli: Australia’s historic Melbourne Cricket Ground, the first and important match of the T20 World Cup, the Pakistan team in front of India and that unbeaten innings of 82 runs by King Kohli, no cricket fan can forget. Many cricket experts described Kohli’s innings as the best T20 innings ever. At the same time, after a month, Virat Kohli also remembered this match. Before the tournament and after this match, India was considered a strong contender to win the World Cup. But unfortunately India did not succeed in winning the World Cup but Virat’s innings gave Indians a chance to be happy. Virat has also remembered the evening of 23 October between India and Pakistan through an Instagram post.
‘Never forget that day’: Virat
That India-Pakistan match has been recorded in the pages of history, when Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 53 balls in front of nearly 90,000 spectators in Melbourne. Due to this innings, Virat Kohli had won the Indian team on his own. This match between the two teams was played on 23 October 2022. Describing this date as special, Kohli posted from his Instagram account and wrote, ‘That day of October 23 will always be special in my heart. Such energy has never been felt before in the game of cricket. What a wonderful evening it was.’
talk about the match
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited neighboring country Pakistan to bat. Batting first, the Pakistan team had scored 159 runs at the loss of 8 wickets on the score board. Looking at the strong batting line-up of the Indian team, this target was looking easy. But the fast bowlers of Pakistan performed brilliantly. Both Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were sent to the pavilion till the score of 10 runs. The Indian team’s troubles did not end here. Star cricketer Suryakumar, who was looking in excellent form before the World Cup, also could not do much in the first match. After which Hardik Pandya came to support Virat Kohli standing at the other end. There was a great partnership between the two, but Virat Kohli had an important contribution in this partnership. Virat single-handedly scored 82 off 53 balls to give India a memorable victory.
Virat’s memorable six
The Indian team needed 28 runs from the last 8 balls to win the match. Star batsman Virat Kohli was at the crease for India. Kohli hit a charismatic six on the fifth ball of Haris Rauf, who was bowling the 19th over from Pakistan, which stunned everyone. Virat again sent Haris’s next ball for a six. Thanks to this historic innings, India won the match.
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Most runs in WC 2022
In this World Cup, Virat Kohli played a total of 6 innings in which he scored 296 runs at an excellent average of 98.67 and an excellent strike rate of 136.41. He touched the figure of 50 runs or more 4 times in 6 innings of this World Cup. His unbeaten innings of 82 against Pakistan in the first match was his best innings in this World Cup. Virat Kohli has been consistently in fine form in ICC tournaments. Earlier in the year 2014 and 2016, Kohli was at the top in terms of scoring the most runs. Virat had scored 319 runs in 2014 and 296 runs in 2016. He was awarded the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award both times.
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