Srinagar: India star batter Virat Kohli has hit back at former New Zealand cricketer turned commentator Simon Doull over his remarks on Kohli’s strike.
Speaking on Jio Cinema with veteran India cricketer strike rate and gave a hard hitting reply to critics.
“Yeah for sure (important anchor role). I completely agree with that, There are many people who because they have not been in that situation themselves, they look at the game differently,” Kohli said.
“Suddenly when the powerplay is done, they will be like ‘oh, they have started rotating the strike’. When you haven’t lost a wicket in the powerplay, usually the best player comes on to bowl, you are trying to figure out what to do against him in the first two overs, so that you can get big ones in the last two overs of that guy and then rest of the innings becomes much easier,” he added.Earlier criticising his strike rate post the powerplay, Doull, during commentary had said: “Kohli started off like a train. He was going hammer and tongs as he was playing a lot of shots. From 42 to 50, he took 10 balls. Concerned about a milestone. I don’t think there’s room for that in this game anymore. Just got to keep going, especially with wickets in hand at that stage. You got to keep going.”