Virat Kohli poor form, out from ICC T20 World Cup

Virat Kohli could lose his place in the ICC T20 World Cup if he fails to perform in the upcoming matches. The selectors recently picked an ODI team for the series in West Indies, which Shikhar Dhawan will lead with Ravindra Jadeja as his deputy. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested. Virat Kohli poor form, out from ICC T20 World Cup.

Former cricketer Wasim Jaffer believes that Virat Kohli will not be a certainty in the shortest format anymore but his form will play a huge role in determining his place in the Indian team. Jaffer also emphasized on the fact that Kohli is going through a lean patch and has been struggling for runs recently.

The Indian team is preparing for the T20I World Cup to be held in Australia later this year. They will need to finalise their first-choice players before the start of the showpiece event. India’s middle-order batters will play a crucial role in the tournament. Batters like Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shreyas Iyer are fighting for a spot in the middle order and this might make Virat Kohli’s place in the T20I team uncertain.

Virat Kohli has been going through a lean patch for a couple of years and several media reports have stated that his performance in the upcoming series against England will determine his future.  Sharing his views on the issue, Wasim Jaffer has stated that Virat Kohli will not be a certainty anymore in the T20Is as the younger players are cashing in on the opportunities they are getting.

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“Virat Kohli plays, there’s no doubt about it but his form will be taken into consideration. His IPL strike rate hasn’t been great. He’s not been in the best of forms. Deepak Hooda can give you an option with bowling so that will be taken into consideration but not straightaway. I’d say Kohli will get an opportunity to play a few matches and then probably selectors will take a call but I don’t think he’ll be a certainty because so many young players have done so well. In the last T20 World Cup, the strike rate, that approach, was questioned and I think we need to keep looking at the future,” Jaffer told ESPNCricinfo.

According to report Rohit Sharma, Pant, and Pandya will travel with the team to the Caribbean for the five-match T20I series. As for Virat Kohli, his T20I future depends on his performance in the two T20Is and ODIs in England.

The team management and selectors are not clear about fitting Kohli in the middle order. “Rohit, Pant, and Jadeja are likely to play in the T20Is in West Indies, but Bumrah will be rested. As for Virat Kohli, one needs to see how he performs in England. The matches against the Ben Stokes-led team are very important for his future,” a source said.