Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has spoken about Virat Kohli’s form with the bat ahead of the ICC WTC 2023 final against Australia which will be played at Oval in London from June 7-11. Kohli had an excellent year in 2023 so far after he found his form back in Asia Cup 2022.
Run machine Virat Kohli famously broke his century drought in the longest version of the game when India and Australia last played in a Test match. Former India captain Virat Kohli broke a record-breaking 1205-day wait at Ahmedabad by smashing a magnificent century.
The fourth and final Test of the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy saw India take a significant lead over the Baggy Greens thanks to Kohli’s 29th Test century.
Kohli continued that form for India in ODIs and into the IPL 2023, where he scored over 600 runs with two centuries as well.
Virat Kohli Had Gotten That Bit Of Luck Back Which Had Deserted Him During His Barren Patch- Sunil Gavaskar
Talking about Kohli’s form ahead of the World Test Championship final, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar pointed out that luck deserted the ex-India skipper during his lean phase.
“Every player goes through things called bad patch or lean patch. So I think that was what was happening. Then later on once he started to get the runs, you would again have noticed that in the early stages, he was having a bit of luck. The inside edges were going near the stumps but not hitting the stumps, the catches being dropped or the catches being just a little bit away from the fielder. So that little bit of luck that every batter needs, which had deserted him in that barren period, he has got it back,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.
It cannot be denied that run-machine Kohli enjoys batting against the dominant Australian team. In the four-match Test series against Australia, Kohli scored the most runs for India. Against the visitors, the 34-year-old had scored 297 runs in 6 innings.
“Otherwise, he has got a wonderful temperament, he has got the hunger for runs, and technically also he is very good. So no wonder that he has been back among the runs,” Gavaskar added.