Rohit Sharma Can Afford To Take Risks But Team Dynamics Won't Allow Virat Kohli: Aaron Finch

Virat Kohli has the skill to score runs at a much better strike-rate like any young T20 star but RCB's team composition is such that he needs to adopt a risk-free approach and aim for a high scoring season, says former Australia skipper Aaron Finch. Finch, who led Australia to T20 World Cup victory in UAE back in 2021, feels that high-risk cricket, which someone like Rohit Sharma is playing consistently, has its own pitfalls with regards to consistency. After some underwhelming seasons, Kohli managed a strike-rate of near 140 in 2023 and his best in all IPL seasons came in 2024 where he scored 741 runs at 154.70.

So does Virat Kohli need to change his game for RCB to take full advantage, considering that their bowling lineup might not be as good as others? "Well, the question you have to ask yourself is, do you want 700 or 800 runs or are you happy with 400? Because if you want Virat to strike higher, he can absolutely do that. But with that comes a higher risk and the consistency will go down," Finch, a JioStar expert, told PTI in an exclusive interaction ahead of the start of 18th edition of the league.

"So I don't think that there's a huge need to change. Maybe it's changing the tempo up slightly. But overall, I would bank on his runs every single day of the week.

And then you start to build your team around somebody like that." Finch admitted game has changed upside down in terms of how teams are approaching Powerplay overs but each batter's strength is different.

"It's not just about people who walk out of the change rooms and strike at 200 from ball one. I think that that's unrealistic to ask seven batters to do that all in the one team. Because when it doesn't go well, you lose the game.

"I know that the game has