Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has put his weight behind Indian captain Virat Kohli for turning his back on 100-ball format. Kohli had recently slammed the newest format planned by the England cricket board.
Kohli had said he doesn’t want to be a part of a World XI side which is going to get experimented with the 100-ball version. The Indian captain said there is already a lot of cricket played around the globe and he feels the commercial aspect is overtaking the real quality of cricket.
Earlier, ECB had come up with a new format of 100-ball. There would be fifteen conventional overs of six balls each and one over of ten balls.
Consequently, Virat Kohli said while talking to Wisden Cricket Monthly.
“I’m already very… I wouldn’t say frustrated, but sometimes it can get very demanding of you when you have to play so much cricket regularly. I feel somewhere the commercial aspect is taking over the real quality of cricket and that hurts me.
“Honestly, I don’t want to be a testing sort of a cricketer for any new format. I don’t want to be someone who’s going to be part of that World XI who comes and launches the 100-ball format.
“I love playing the IPL, I love watching the BBL because you’re working towards something, competing against high-quality sides and it gets your competitive juices flowing. That’s what you want as a cricketer. I’m all for the leagues, but not to experiment.”
On the other hand, Virat Kohli was all praises for the purest form of the game. The talismanic right-hander had said it is the most satisfying when a cricketer does well in the Test version of the sport.
Michael Vaughan replied on Telegraph Sports post. Vaughan said that when Virat Kohli speaks, one should be all ears.
Here is Michael Vaughan post:
When Virat speaks I think it’s worth listening …. https://t.co/L3Zr4q0WGU
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 28, 2018