{"id":455973,"date":"2024-05-23T06:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/23\/looking-forward-to-watch-virat-kohli-in-t20-world-cup-andy-flower-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T06:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T06:12:16","slug":"looking-forward-to-watch-virat-kohli-in-t20-world-cup-andy-flower-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/23\/looking-forward-to-watch-virat-kohli-in-t20-world-cup-andy-flower-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to watch Virat Kohli in T20 World Cup: Andy Flower | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110353896,imgsize-44498.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- --> hasn&#8217;t won an <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> championship in 17 years, but <!-- -->Andy Flower<!-- -->, the coach of <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- -->, commended the star player for his unwavering &#8220;hunger&#8221; for the competition.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> eliminated <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">RCB<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Indian Premier League<\/a> playoffs on Wednesday in Ahmedabad, with a distraught Kohli tipping the bails following the team&#8217;s four-wicket defeat.<br \/>Despite leading the Twenty20 tournament batting records with 741 runs-including five fifty-scores and a century-Kohli, 35, hasn&#8217;t been able to lead his team through a turbulent season to the conclusion.<br \/>Flower expressed his excitement about watching the cricket superstar from India play in the <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- -->, which begins in the United States and the West Indies on June 1.<br \/>&#8220;Working in the same dressing room with him has been a real pleasure,&#8221; former Zimbabwe captain and England coach Flower told reporters.<br \/>&#8220;As an ex-batsman it has been an absolute pleasure to watch him bat.&#8221;<br \/>In the match that meant everything to win at the world&#8217;s largest cricket stadium, Kohli struck 33 runs and showed no signs of weakness by running out Dhruv Jurel with a bullet throw from the outfield.<br \/>&#8220;The way he thinks about the game &#8212; and he backs that up with an amazing level of skill, aggression and hunger &#8212; I look forward to watching him in the World Cup,&#8221; Flower said.<br \/>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s amazing that he is still evolving his game, even though he has got an incredible record already,&#8221; he added.<br \/>Known for expressing his feelings visibly, Kohli seemed upbeat during the intense match played in intense heat.<br \/>Despite his disappointment, he departed the field with the orange cap awarded to the top tournament run scorer securely in place.<br \/>Critics of Kohli&#8217;s strike-rate in the brutal Twenty20 format at the beginning of the season included batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.<br \/>Despite being dubbed &#8220;King Kohli&#8221; due to his high run scoring, the batsman ended with a strike-rate of 154.69 in 15 games and 38 sixes.<br \/>Kohli, who had poked fun at his detractors, is at his best when things are tight. 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