{"id":436418,"date":"2024-03-31T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/31\/ipl-2024-why-virat-kohli-has-taken-the-aerial-route-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T02:59:00","slug":"ipl-2024-why-virat-kohli-has-taken-the-aerial-route-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/31\/ipl-2024-why-virat-kohli-has-taken-the-aerial-route-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2024: Why Virat Kohli has taken the &#8216;aerial route&#8217; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108910603,imgsize-48804.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>It&#8217;s taken a long time coming, but there&#8217;s a clear paradigm shift in <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- -->&#8216;s batting approach in this edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPL<\/a>.<br \/>In a stark contrast to his usual calculated approach focused on anchoring the innings, Kohli now appears willing to gamble more with his batting. This shift in strategy isn&#8217;t without reason. <br \/>There is talk that Kohli is not an automatic selection for this year&#8217;s <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- -->.And that somewhere clearly seems to have hurt the pride of India&#8217;s batting lynchpin.<br \/>Kohli has seemingly shed his inhibitions and no more looks hesitant to play lofted shots whenever an opportunity presents itself. <br \/>His first three innings have yielded <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- --> 181 runs and it has come at a strike rate of 141. <br \/>On Friday, Kohli hammered <!-- -->Mitchell Starc<!-- --> for 33 runs in 17 balls (3&#215;4, 2&#215;6). <br \/>Another telling aspect of Friday evening was Kohli opening his shoulders against <!-- -->Sunil Narine<!-- -->. <br \/>He hit the mystery spinner for a six on the fifth ball he faced. <br \/>What&#8217;s so special about it? 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