As known Bangladesh gave India tough competition in a 2022 T20 World Cup Super 12 match. Men in blue ultimately went down by five runs (DLS method). After Virat Kohli (64*, 44b) scored his third half-century and KL Rahul (50, 32b) roared back to form, India gave Bangladesh a 185-run target.
Thus, Bangladesh got a decent start in the chase with Litton Das scoring a 21-ball half-century. Meanwhile, the rain stopped play and Bangladesh’s revised target was 151 runs in 16 overs. However, the Shakib Al Hasan-led side fell short by five runs.
Again there an incident occurred which could have made things go out of hand. On the last ball of the 16th over, bowled by Hasan Mahmud, Kohli faced a short ball that he pulled. Almost immediately, he indicated to the square-leg umpire about the height of the delivery.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan then came running and talked to Kohli about the latter’s indication toward the umpire. The two smiled and went back to their respective position.
Former Pakistan coach Waqar Younis said Kohli should not have indicated anything to the umpires. “Shakib is telling him that ‘you bat, and let umpires do their job’. I think they are discussing, what we were talking about. If you are going to call something and are going to put pressure on the umpire…then, of course, he is a big name. Virat Kohli is a big name. He is a massive name in cricket so the umpire sometimes comes under pressure,” Waqar Younis said on A Sports.
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Talking about Kohli’s innings, he surpassed former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene’s total of 1,016 runs to become the highest scorer in T20 World Cup history. Jayawardene set his mark from 31 innings but Kohli took only 23 to pass him.
“As soon as I knew the World Cup was in Australia, I was grinning from ear to ear,” said Kohli, who loves batting on faster wickets. “I knew good cricketing shots would be the key. I knew the kind of experience and game awareness of having played in Australia will come in handy for the team.”
