T20 World Cup: Kohli’s back, might lights up innings with cracking shots
MELBOURNE: Welcome to the T20 World Cup. Welcome to the world of Virat Kohli. All 90,293 breathless spectators, Indian and Pakistani, rose as one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to applaud the brilliance of India’s most complete batsman of all formats after he hit 82 not out from 53 balls to achieve one of India’s most memorable victories in T20 history. Kohli said it “will count higher” than his 82* off 51 balls against Australia in Mohali (in the 2016 T20 WC), which “was my best innings so far”.
Kohli is back and it couldn’t be better news for India as they begin their World Cup campaign in tough conditions in Australia. He took charge of the chase of 160 in the company of Hardik Pandya on a calm, bouncy pitch after India collapsed to 31/4 in 6.1 overs. Kohli and Pandya had faith and put on 113 runs for the fifth wicket as India got out of four-wicket jail.
