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'Lagta hai RCB mein wapas aana hai' - Fans react as Sanjay Bangar suggests Virat Kohli's comeback in T20I cricket

Former India skipper Virat Kohli is yet to play a T20I game after the T20 World Cup last year. He is only focusing on Tests and ODIs.

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'Lagta hai RCB mein wapas aana hai' - Fans react as Sanjay Bangar suggests Virat Kohli's comeback in T20I cricket

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Former India skipper Virat Kohli is yet to play a T20I game after the T20 World Cup 2022. The Indian board and the team management have decided to rest the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in T20Is. The decision has been taken so that the senior players can focus on ODI World Cup 2023 and Tests. Meanwhile, their void wasn't felt during the T20I series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

However, against the West Indies (which failed to qualify for the Super 12 Round last year and ODI World Cup 2023), the absence of both players was felt. Their batting in three out of five games. Meanwhile, former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has said that Kohli can still play for the T20I team.

“Hundred per cent, he should be there in the T20 team. What he did in the previous T20 World Cup and in those close matches, I don’t see the reason why he can’t be seen playing T20 cricket and next year’s T20 World Cup,” Bangar told a YouTube channel ‘Cricket Basu’.

“You know that in big situations where emotions run high, one small mistake could cost you dear. You need big players who have gone through those situations. At that point, it doesn’t really matter what your strike-rate is, or what you have done in the IPL, in big games you require big match players. He (Kohli) showed such spirit in the India-Pakistan game,” Bangar said.

Virat Kohli can hit a T20 hundred without hitting a six: Sanjay Bangar

“Everyone has a style of scoring and it doesn’t mean that only big hitters can win a game. If that would have been the case, the West Indies team would have won all the T20 World Cups. Virat Kohli is such a batsman who can score a hundred without hitting a six. And he has done that. Against Gujarat Titans, he didn’t score a single six and yet scored a century. All his shots were grounded and that speaks volumes about Virat Kohli,” he explained.

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