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The president of the BCCI, stated on Friday that struggling batsman Virat Kohli must score runs “for himself” in addition to for India.
Kohli will try again to score his first international hundred since 2019 in the Asia Cup, which begins here on Saturday. His previous attempts to do so were all unsuccessful.
“He must score runs for himself as well as for India. Hopefully he’ll have a successful season. We all have faith that he will return, Ganguly said in a conversation.
“I’m sure like all of us are waiting for him to get that hundred, he’s working for it as well,” Ganguly said.
“The chances of getting a hundred in a T20 is less because of the time. But, hopefully, this will be a big season for Kohli.” The 33-year-old former India captain, who was last seen in action in England in June-July, is back after a one-month break that saw him skip two white-ball series in the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Kohli’s highest score in his last five matches has been 20 in India’s loss to England in the rescheduled fifth Test at Birmingham.
Having relinquished captaincy at Royal Challengers Bangalore as well, Kohli had a quiet IPL-15, scoring 341 runs from 16 matches at an average of 22.73.
“If Kohli was not a great player, he would not have scored so many runs for so long,” Ganguly maintained.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said struggling batting maestro Virat Kohli needs to score runs not only for India but “for himself” too.
In the Asia Cup starting here on Saturday, Kohli will resume the quest to score his first international hundred since 2019, having failed in all his previous attempts.
“He needs to score runs not only for India but for himself. Hopefully it will be a good season for him. We all are confident that he’ll come back,” Ganguly said during an interaction.
Kohli’s last international century came during the pink ball Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in 2019.
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