There is not a shot that Virat Kohli has not mastered. From the coverdrive to the ondrive, he plays them with ease.
Virat Kohli is the emperor of batting. In contemporary cricket, no individual has left as indelible a mark on the art of batting as this indefatigable runscorer. As a captain he leads by example, and his batting brings pure entertainment.
Kohli has the measure of the opposition from the first ball. His brisk gait to the crease signifies his confidence. “He is possessed with rare batting skills. I have seen him grow and am hardly surprised with the progress he has made. He is a sheer joy to watch,” was how Ashish Nehra looked at Kohli the batsman.
There are no apparent weak spots in his batting. Various bowlers have tried breaching his defence early in the innings, but Kohli has always responded with an emphatic knock. Watch him face the first ball. He hardly shows the discomfort of a new batsman at the crease.
Coach Rajkumar Sharma believes he has built this confidence at the crease from his junior cricket days. “He hated losing his wicket. To do that he would concentrate hard. There was a certain way to his batting. That he wanted to compete hard made him a batsman to watch and he made sure that once he got his eye in there was no respite for the bowlers,” said Sharma.
Cricket has seen some devastating batsmen who could pulverise the bowlers into submission. Viv Richards is a shining example of a batsman who had scant regard for bowling attacks. He would excel on any pitch with his wide range of shots. Kohli brings a similar attitude to his batting.
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