ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Will You Drop Rohit Sharma? Virat Kohli Reacts In Anger At Journo’s Question On Team Selection

Indian skipper Virat Kohli could not prevent India’s winning trend against Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cups. The Men in Green hammered their Indian counterparts by 10 wickets chasing 152 to win in Dubai. Babar Azam (68*) and Mohammad Rizwan (79*) cantered Pakistan through to a win wih 13 balls to spare.

Meanwhile, after the game Indian skipper, Virat Kohli was seen fuming at a Pakistani journalist for his question on India’s team selection against Pakistan. The Pakistani journalist said that India could have considered dropping Rohit Sharma in place of Ishan Kishan who looked in great form in the warm-up games.

Will You Drop Rohit Sharma? Virat Kohli Questions Pakistan Journalist

“Will you drop Rohit Sharma from T20 internationals”? retorted Virat at the journo’s question. “Unbelivable … If you want controversy, please tell me before so that I can answer accordingly” Kohli further added. It was an unfortunate day for Rohit with the bat as he was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Shaheen Afridi who had figures of 3/31 in the game and took two wickets inside the powerplay.

Indian skipper complimented Pakistan for how they played in the game in the post-match interaction. He said that Shaheen’s initial spell made the difference, which is why they fell 20-30 runs short of where they wanted to be.

“They started brilliantly with the ball, and 3 wickets for 20 runs was not a good start. We needed wickets early but with the bat they gave us absolutely no chances. It played slow in the first half and hitting through the line was not that easy as it was in the second half, after 10 overs. We needed those 15-20 extra runs and for that we needed a good start but Pakistan’s bowling didn’t allow us to get those extra runs. We could make the argument of getting in another slower bowler, but it’s important to stay composed and understand our strengths, because with the dew the slower bowlers couldn’t be effective either. This is just the first game of the tournament, not the last” said Kohli.

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