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"Sounded Like He Found Himself In Quite A Dark Place": Ricky Ponting On Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli took a break from international cricket before returning to the Indian side for the Asia Cup 2022. He was rested for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe and the former India captain utilised the time to relax and shift his focus from cricket. Kohli has been struggling for runs in 2022 and the break must have helped him as he played a vital knock of 35 runs and finished as the joint-top scorer for India in the pressure match against Pakistan on Sunday and continued the uptick in his form with an unbeaten knock of 59 against Hong Kong.

Hate crime probe into Leicester violence following India-Pak Asia Cup cricket match

India beat arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, following which hundreds of India cricket fans poured into the streets of the Belgrave area of Leicester — which is predominantly Indian-origin — waving the Indian flag, honking car horns and dancing to dhols. A video, which has gone viral, shows one group of India fans, one wearing a Team Indian jersey, walking towards the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Melton Road, shouting “Pakistan Murdabad” at the other side of the road. A police officer can be seen arresting one person on the ground and then the video shows a group beating up a man and ripping off his shirt.

Asia Cup: Afghanistan revelling in familiar conditions

Asia Cup here in UAE has been around how the conditions have become as good as home conditions for India and Pakistan. However, as Afghanistan roared into the Super 4s here in the Asia Cup after beating Bangladesh on Tuesday, captain Mohammad Nabi declared this is his team's territory more than any other team. "Since the last 15 years, most of the times we have played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, we know the conditions well. Sometimes in Sharjah a low total is tough to chase, that's why in a low chase the batsmen didn't throw early wickets and at the end we targeted the bowlers and won the game," Nabi said after the match before adding: "As a team in this Asia Cup we are showing that Afghanistan have quality batsmen, quality bowlers and quality fielders."

Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli Bows To Suryakumar Yadav After Batter's Four Sixes In One Over vs Hong Kong. Watch

Suryakumar Yadav struck a scintillating 26-ball 68* against Hong Kong on Wednesday, to take the Indian cricket team to a massive total of 192/2 in 20 overs. When Suryakumar arrived on the pitch, India were struggling at 94/2 in 13 overs. In the next seven over, India scored 98 runs. Suryakumar scored most of those runs in the latter overs by hitting six sixes and six fours. He combined with Virat Kohli (59* off 44 balls) and struck a great stand. Then, in the last over by Haroon Arshad, Suryakumar hit four sixes to take India to 192/2 in 20 overs. The No. 4 batter reached the half-century mark in just 22 balls.

After Fifty Off 22 Balls, Suryakumar Yadav Remembers Days Of Playing "On Hard Cement With Rubber Balls"

Suryakumar Yadav stayed true to his billing as the best-ranked Indian T20I batter in ICC charts on Wednesday, as he hit six sixes and six fours against Hong Kong to take India past the 190-mark in 20 overs. After a slow start, India were in the danger of putting up a below-par total. But after arriving in the 14th over, Surykumar also instantly made an impact. He combined with Virat Kohli (58*) and struck a great stand. Then, in the last over by Haroon Arshad, Suryakumar hit four sixes to take India to 192/2 in 20 overs.

Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav Power India Into Asia Cup Super Four With Easy Win Over Hong Kong

Star batsman Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries to help India move into the Asia Cup Super Four stage with a 40-run win over Hong Kong on Wednesday. Kohli made 59 while Suryakumar smashed 68 off 26 balls as the pair put on an unbeaten stand of 98 to steer India to 192-2 after being put in to bat first in the Twenty20 tournament in Dubai. Hong Kong were limited to 152-5 in reply as India registered their second successive victory to join Afghanistan in the next round of the six-nation tournament, which acts as a tune-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November. But it was Suryakumar's batting blitz that stood out as the number four blasted his way to a 22-ball fifty and finished the innings with four sixes in the final over.

Kohli, Suryakumar power India into Asia Cup Super Four

Star batsman Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries to help India move into the Asia Cup Super Four stage with a 40-run win over Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Ponting backs Virat Kohli's month-long break from cricket

Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said Virat Kohli did the right thing by taking a month-long break from cricket. Following up his 35 against Pakistan in India's Asia Cup opener, former Indian skipper Kohli on Wednesday struck a fluent 44-ball 59 not out versus Hong Kong in Dubai, his first international half-century since a 52 against the West Indies in a T20I in Kolkata on February 18 this year. "I just hope that we see him back at his best and in the World Cup," the two-time World Cup winning skipper Ponting said on the 'ICC Review'.

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"Sounded Like He Found Himself In Quite A Dark Place": Ricky Ponting On Virat Kohli

Hate crime probe into Leicester violence following India-Pak Asia Cup cricket match

Asia Cup: Afghanistan revelling in familiar conditions

Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli Bows To Suryakumar Yadav After Batter's Four Sixes In One Over vs Hong Kong. Watch

After Fifty Off 22 Balls, Suryakumar Yadav Remembers Days Of Playing "On Hard Cement With Rubber Balls"

Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav Power India Into Asia Cup Super Four With Easy Win Over Hong Kong

Kohli, Suryakumar power India into Asia Cup Super Four

Ponting backs Virat Kohli's month-long break from cricket