Something about #ViratKohli innings yesterday. There were just eight dots out of the 50 he balls faced, six of which came in his first nine balls he faced. The last two came of his 24th [a leg bye] & 25th balls which meant each of his last 25 balls were scored off.
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Among the 57 batsmen with 1000+ runs in T20Is, Kohli’s SR of 136.70 is only the 16th best. He hits a boundary only every 6.1 balls, which is ranked 30th in the list. However, only 53% of Kohli’s career runs have come in boundaries [4s+6s].
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#INDvWI #ViratKohli
Of the 57 players with 1000+ T20I runs, only 14 players have a lower percentage of runs scored in boundaries than Kohli. And none of the 14 hits boundaries as frequently as him [6.1] – next best being Kane Williamson’s 6.7 balls per boundary.
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#INDvWI #ViratKohli
Kohli has a non-boundary SR (SR for runs scored off non-boundary balls) of 76.86 which is only slightly behind Babar Azam’s 77.31. But Babar hits a boundary every 6.9 balls compared to Kohli’s 6.1, which gives Kohli a SR advantage of 136.7 to Babar’s 127.5.
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#INDvWI #ViratKohli
Off the first 25 balls yesterday, Kohli scored 26 runs hitting three fours. In the second half, he hit six sixes and three fours scoring 68 runs [SR 272].
Compare this to the 2016 WT20 semifinal innings:
First 31 balls: 44 runs [4 X 4s]
Last 16 balls: 45 runs [6 X 4s; 1 X 6s]
Compare this to the 2016 WT20 semifinal innings:
First 31 balls: 44 runs [4 X 4s]
Last 16 balls: 45 runs [6 X 4s; 1 X 6s]
The key difference bw two innings being the higher number of sixes hit in yesterday’s innings compared to the one in 2016.
The year 2016 marked a major shift in Kohli’s evolution as a batsman and in 2019 he’s a different beast altogether with the bat.
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The year 2016 marked a major shift in Kohli’s evolution as a batsman and in 2019 he’s a different beast altogether with the bat.
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Singles and twos are the lifeblood at the start of a typical Kohli innings coupled with minimal dots, and with his power game upgraded, Kohli can hit easily and frequently sixes as the innings progresses, as good as anyone going around.
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#INDvWI #ViratKohli
In world cricket at the moment, there are mostly batsmen fall to either bracket but Kohli is one who slots in easily to both and can be the very best of both worlds– that of a busy accumulator in the middle overs and a ruthless hitter towards the death.
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#INDvWI #ViratKohli
