"Utter Rubbish": Ex-Pakistan Captain Shuts Down IPL Commentator For Virat Kohli Criticism

12.04.2023 - 04:59 sports.ndtv.com

Virat Kohli slammed his 46th half-century in the Indian Premier League on Monday against the Lucknow Super Giants. The former RCB captain reached the 50-run mark in 35 balls, registering his second fifty of the season.

However, it took Kohli 10 balls to move from 42 to 50 and his batting approach did not go down well with former New Zealand player Simon Doull, who was commentating the match.

Doull felt that Kohli was "concerned about the milestone". "Kohli started off like a train. He was going hammer and tongs as he was playing a lot of shots.

From 42 to 50, he took 10 balls. Concerned about a milestone. I don't think there's room for that in this game anymore. Just gotta keep going, especially with wickets in hand at that stage.

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