During the first game of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which took place in Melbourne on October 23, Virat Kohli led Team India to victory with an innings that would go down as one of the most memorable of his whole cricketing career.
The previous captain of India stayed undefeated after scoring 82 runs off of 53 balls and assisted the current team in achieving their goal of scoring 160 runs in 20 overs while playing against their arch-rivals Pakistan. Virat maintained his composure in front of a sold-out crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and batted in the middle all the way through to the finish in order to get his team off to a strong start.
Virat Kohli is an Indian batting superstar who is also the highest run scorer in the shortest format of the game. His exploits at the ‘G’ got him enormous acclaim from all corners, and now another major figure has joined the list to go ga-ga over the Indian batting ace.
Greg Chappell, a former Australian captain and the head coach of the Indian national cricket team, wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he heaped praise on Virat Kohli. Chappell called Kohli the “most complete Indian batsman” of his time and went on to say that Virat’s match-winning knock against Pakistan was a “song by God.”
“Kohli played an innings that was as close to a ‘song by god’ as has ever been played in T20 cricket. Like a cat playing with a new skein of wool, Kohli teased then expertly picked apart an excellent Pakistan bowling attack until it lay unravelled, spent and exposed on the green carpet of the MCG,” he concluded.
As a result of Virat Kohli’s phenomenal performance with the bat in Team India’s opening match of this year’s megaevent, which was played against the side captained by Babar Azam, the award for Player of the Match was bestowed upon him, and he reaffirmed his position as one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
Twitter Reacts:
Frame it ! pic.twitter.com/L3Nn3AoKWD
— Zimbabwe FC (@MCG_Classic) October 30, 2022
He is a complete Batsman of his age, till now. Greg said this as well#ViratKohli𓃵
— menda (@vj_corp) October 30, 2022
Wreg whappell
— y (@yashwtff) October 30, 2022
Chappell was right. Thank God he kicked Ganguly out of the team pic.twitter.com/E52daWdhM7
— O. ࿗ (@Oomittedd) October 30, 2022
Unpopular opinion : Greg Chappell is the greatest Indian coach of all time
— ? (@HessonHive) October 30, 2022
Song of Ice❄️ and fire🔥
in this case just FIRE🔥— HARISH ULTRO (@HarishUltro) October 30, 2022
Kattar Hindu sher Virat Kohli f#king Pakistan since 2012.😍
— शिवम (@56Krantikari) October 30, 2022
Firstly, he wasn’t the coach during T20 WC.
And he was the worst coach India got. Playing Uthappa instead of Ganguly, Sachin at 4, no Kumble in main matches. This guy has come with a mindset to make India lose.
Also I’m also a huge Kohli fan, that doesn’t mean I’ll hate Ganguly— VIRAT 2.0 (@SaketSu76126269) October 30, 2022
When Kohli was struggling to score, Babar tweeted and supported him even when the former Indian big names not backed kohli. But now, some fans trolling Babar using the same tweet which Babar used to backup Kohli.
Shame 😪.Don't do that boys.
I am also a Big fan of #ViratKohli— nazee (@nazee_marz) October 30, 2022
Chappel is always right , always!! One of the greatest contributer to Indian cricket by saacking Ganguly
— Koombhkaran (@Aryan91517546) October 30, 2022
Greg Chappell was saving Indian cricket by getting rid of cancer Ganguly.
— A l V Y (@WoniWroos) October 30, 2022
God doesn't like song.
But you can surely it was the decision of God
— Md hammad🥀🇮🇳 (@Mdhamma58713510) October 30, 2022
