Ahead of the 3rd One-day international match against New Zealand, Rahul Dravid interrupted a reporter on Virat Kohli’s future in the T20I format.
Virat Kohli has been rested for the T20I series against New Zealand. Kohli has not featured in the T20I format since the 2022 World Cup. India reached the semi-finals of the tournament and was the leading run-getter in that tournament with 296 runs. During that World Cup, he scored four half-centuries to his name and led Men in Blue to reach the top four stage.
“Till last year, Virat’s position in the T20I team was in question…” a journalist asked when Dravid interrupted him midway and said: “Not by us sir. Not at all, never by us!” “As you’ve seen, Virat has played all these six games. He’ll get a bit of a break along with Rohit and 1 or 2 other guys in the next week while we play some T20I cricket. And they come refreshed on the 2nd and we have a good week’s camp before we play Australia. So yeah, it’s just priorities. We have to prioritize certain formats.”
Virat Kohli has been in sublime form
It has not been able to post big totals in the first two ODI matches against New Zealand and would be looking to make amends.
The all-important Border-Gavaskar series against Australia is about to start on 9th February. India will need to win the series qualifying for the ICC 2021/23 Test Championship cycle finals. Virat Kohli would play a key role as he would be fresh for that important series.
Kohli has shown tremendous form with a career-best score of 82 not out against arch-rivals Pakistan in the first Super 12 match played at iconic MCG ground. He performed brilliantly in the entire tournament but could not take India to the finals.
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