Faf du Plessis backs 'fantastic cricketer' Virat Kohli to turn around form slump
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis is confident Virat Kohli will overcome his IPL batting slump.
Sanjay Sport News
Pull out of IPL, for all you care: Ravi Shastri tells Virat Kohli
Shastri has advised the out-of-form Virat Kohli to take a break, even if it meant "pulling out of the IPL, for all you care" to prolong his international career. Batting maestro Kohli has been battling one of his worst phases in a hugely successful career, having failed to score a hundred in any format for more than three years now.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli will emerge from this run of low scores, says Sanjay Bangar
RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar reiterated that star batter Virat Kohli will soon "emerge" out of the lean phase he is experiencing at the moment and help his team win games going forward in the IPL. Kohli's scores in his last five innings read 9, 0, 0, 12 and 1. The manner of his dismissals also show that he is not in the best of form. "Regarding Kohli's form, he's a great cricketer. He's experienced these highs and lows many times before. I've observed him from close quarters.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli 'anxious' and 'fried' but will battle out of alarming slump
Virat Kohli deserves more respect and will fight his way out of an alarming slump which hit a new low when he suffered a second successive golden duck in the IPL, fellow cricket stars say. It is the first time in the Indian's stellar career that he has got out on the opening ball twice in a row and has scored just 119 runs in eight matches this season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Pictures of "King Kohli" talking to West Indian great and Sunrisers Hyderabad batting coach Brian Lara went viral on social media after Bangalore's big loss on Saturday, when they crashed out for 68.
IPL 2022, RCB vs RR: Virat Kohli's form in focus as RCB face Rajasthan Royals and the Jos Buttler juggernaut
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will aim to halt the Jos Buttler juggernaut when they take on Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Attention will be on Virat Kohli as well following his second consecutive first-ball duck in the competition. RCB would hope their star batter gets back among the runs besides a much improved performance by the batting unit after a shocker in the previous game. While the Challengers come into the match on the back of a demoralising nine-wicket loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan have had two successive wins and are one of the in-form teams this season. While the focus would be on Kohli, RCB have also power-hitters in captain Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaaz Ahmed, who can be destructive on their day and if they fire in unison, the RR attack would have a tough time.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli will come back stronger, says Sanjay Bangar
Virat Kohli is a man known to wear his emotions on his sleeve. Frustration, dejection and resignation is what you get to see in one of the greatest exponents of the game across formats. He's hit a trough with the willow for a prolonged period now and his woes were compounded with another golden duck against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday night. In eight matches thus far, the top-order batsman has scored 119 runs at an average of 17, his lowest point in the 12 editions of the competition. He's returned scores of 41 n.o., 12, 5, 48, 1, 12, 0, 0.
"It's Not Going To Be Easy": Sanjay Manjrekar On RCB Star's Team India Comeback
Dinesh Karthik has arguably been the best finisher in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. With a tally of 210 in eight matches, while batting in the lower order, he has been Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) most impactful player. His consistent performances and powerful big hits has led to the speculation about the 36-year-old making a comeback to the Indian cricket team with the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia later this year. His strike-rate of 200.00 in the IPL 2022 so far has led many to believe that he will be the ideal candidate for the role of the finisher in the Indian team.
Virat Kohli tipped to 'come back strong' after another golden duck in heavy IPL defeat
Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Sanjay Bangar has no doubt Virat Kohli will "come back strong" after the star batsman fell to a second successive golden duck in his team's nine-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Saturday.