East Indian cricketer mohammed kaif by Virat Kohli praised when the batsman West Indies Performed brilliantly in the first ODI against. Kohli scored an unbeaten 139 off just 88 balls as India chased down the target of 296, which included 10 fours and nine sixes.
This innings took Kohli past the 15,000-run mark in ODI cricket and led India to a comfortable win. captain Shubhman Gill also scored 110 runs, while Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets, which helped India Justin Greaves' After the century innings, West Indies were restricted to 296 runs.
Mohammad Kaif highlights Virat Kohli's amazing ODI consistency
Kaif recalled that Kohli had to face criticism after consecutive ducks in Australia and pointed to the batsman's reaction since then. According to the former cricketer, Kohli has scored more than 900 runs in his last 11 ODI innings, which includes four centuries. He also highlighted the aggression of Kohli's recent innings, pointing out that the batsman had never hit nine sixes in an ODI innings before.
“I still remember when Virat Kohli got out for two consecutive ducks in Australia; people started commenting that Virat Kohli can't do this anymore and should retire. Since then, do you know what Virat Kohli did? Since then, he has played 11 innings, scored more than 900 runs, including four centuries – and I'm talking ODIs. Nine sixes, ten fours, 139 not out off only 88 balls.” “He has never done this before – this is something new, Virat Kohli has brought out a new avatar.” Kaif said.
Kaif said that young players can learn from Kohli
Kaif also pointed out that Kohli played only 11 ODI innings during the year and did not play in Tests or T20Is during that period. He believes that maintaining this high standard despite limited opportunities makes the performance even more impressive.
“So I say, what can the youth learn from him? The youth can learn fitness. The youth can learn hunger, dedication, tenacity, hard work and how to maintain that standard,” Kaif said.
The former cricketer said that young players can learn many qualities from Kohli, especially his fitness, hunger, dedication and work ethic. Kohli now has 15,080 ODI runs in 315 matches, including 55 centuries and 79 half-centuries. The recent century was also his 86th century in international cricket.