Cricket / Virat Kohli Credits India Throwdown Specialists For Giving Batters World Class Practice next assignment

Zoom News : Jan 16, 2023, 06:32 PM
Virat Kohli: Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli, who has scored a record 74 centuries in international cricket, has created panic with one of his statements. Virat Kohli has been running in extremely lethal form since the beginning of the year 2023. The world's best batsman Virat Kohli has scored three centuries in his last four ODIs, which can be gauged from his killer form. Virat Kohli created havoc by playing an unbeaten 166 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday that everyone was surprised. Virat Kohli hit 13 fours and 8 sixes in his innings.

Kohli, who hit 74 centuries, suddenly created panic with this statement

In the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli has scored 283 runs with the help of two centuries, for which he has been adjudged Man of the Series. Virat Kohli has 46 centuries in ODIs, 27 centuries in Tests and 1 century in T20 Internationals. Overall, Virat Kohli has a record of scoring 74 centuries in international cricket. Virat Kohli, who has scored 74 international centuries, has already revealed the secret, due to which he continues to score centuries one after the other. Virat Kohli has given credit for his lethal form to the throwdown trio of D Raghavendra, Nuwan Seneviratne and Dayanand Garani.

Gave him credit for his fatal form

The throwdown specialist bowls the ball at high speed (in the range of 140-150 kmph) with the help of a cricket equipment like a long spoon, while giving Team India batsmen drills at the nets. Virat Kohli said, 'These three have made us practice at the world class level. They test us like fast bowlers bowling at 145 or 150 kmph in the nets. They always try to get us out and make sure they test us regularly.

made a big difference in career

Virat Kohli said, 'Sometimes it seems very harsh. To be honest, it has been a career difference for me. Where I was when I started this kind of practice as a cricketer and where I am now. Raghavendra from Karnataka, known as 'Raghu', joined the BCCI from the National Cricket Academy and first came to Team India. He regularly used to practice throwdowns to veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India added Sri Lankan left-armer Seneviratne to the team in 2018 to prepare against left-arm fast bowlers.

these guys worked hard

Dayanand, a volunteer in the Kolkata Police, was with Kings XI Punjab but after Raghu tested positive for COVID-19 in 2020, he was linked with Team India and has been a permanent member of the support staff since then. Kohli said, 'A lot of credit goes to these guys, who made us practice regularly and their contribution has been incredible. You people should remember their names and faces because these people have worked hard behind our success.

Virat Kohli continues to wreak havoc

India beat Sri Lanka by 317 runs in the final ODI to clinch the series 3-0 in which Kohli scored two centuries in three matches. Kohli said, 'It has been a great start. It's been a long time since I started the year like this. Scored a hundred and then scored two hundreds in the series and I was also the player of the series. I am just happy that I have been able to start like this in a World Cup year and I know I can keep doing that. When I start like this and I start feeling confident, then things generally go well.

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