Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli was seen playing against Afghanistan in the second T20 match held at Holkar Stadium in Indore on January 14 after about 14 months. In this match, Kohli came to bat in the very first over after Rohit Sharma was out for a duck for the second consecutive time.

Kohli played a fast innings in the match and played a brilliant inning of 29 runs in 14 balls with the help of 5 fours. So, India won the match by 6 wickets on the basis of excellent batting of Shivam Dubey (63* runs, 32 balls) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (68 runs, 34 balls).

On the other hand, well-known cricket expert Harsha Bhogle gave a big statement regarding Virat Kohli’s innings in this match and said that it was an innings which the team needed. Apart from this, he further said that this cameo is better than scoring 50 runs in 40 balls while chasing 170 runs.

Let us tell you that regarding Kohli’s innings, Harsha Bhogle said through a post from his official But from a T20 point of view, this was the kind of innings any team would want. Out of the six batsmen of the team, one scored runs at a rate higher than the required run rate. But Kohli is a great player and we expect and think this performance was very disappointing.

An innings of 29(16) played by Jaiswal and Gill would be much more accepted. However, it should also be seen in the same way. It is commendable that at this stage of his career, Kohli is challenging himself in the shortest format of the game. 29(16) while chasing 170 is a better innings than 50 in 40 balls.

On the other hand, this comment of Bhogle did not go down well with the cricket fans and they responded to Bhogle and started criticizing him.

See the responses given by fans to Bhogle

We know you’re doing this to reach

— Gurmeet Singh (@VK18THEGOAT) January 15, 2024

Kohli has done it almost every time. His SR is around 140. Many a times he tries to hold one end & accelerate at the last, to produce miraculous results like he did against Pak in WC.

Mindless hitting won’t win you matches against tough opponents & on good pitches unlike Roads…

— Sunderdeep – Volklub (@volklub) January 15, 2024

FYI Virat was 50 off 43 but finished with 82 off 53 in the 160 run chase and did a Diwali miracle.

Ffs you were there in the ground and doing commentary, watching the match or hanging out with someone? pic.twitter.com/PfRhmKshUm

—Johns (@JohnyBravo183) January 15, 2024

So out of 108 inning you might have remembered only one inning..do you even remember Virat any of the greatest inning or you are watching this 50 of 40 every time..You might not be knowing but Virat has the best strike rate in death over

— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) January 15, 2024

Dogle can you please tell me when did kohli score 50(40) in a 170+ chase and India lost that match.

— 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧🌸𝐭!𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@bholination) January 15, 2024

Haven’t seen a more vicious person than Harsha Bhogle in my life!!

Do we remember Yuvraj Singh the T20I player for 14(19) in Final of T20I WC 2007? or for 11(21) in Final of 2014 T20I WC?!

Why Harsha Bhogle is creating a narrative that Virat always used to score 50(40)??

Virat… pic.twitter.com/QIs3as9a0m

— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) January 15, 2024

Do your homework properly, unreal stats+unreal hate

What a downfall from Voice of Cricket to Noise of Cricket

— Dheeraj Singh (@Dheerajsingh_) January 15, 2024

Kohli can play every role in t20i cricket. He can open, he can anchor, he can finish. He can play with intent. Why not focus on others who are literally struggling to score even one run 😭

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) January 15, 2024

When did Kohli scored 50(40) in a 170 run chase? After making random excel sheets you started making random score cards too? What about Rohit then

—` (@musafir_tha_yr) January 15, 2024

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