Concerned about a milestone’ – Simon Doull criticises Virat Kohli for pre-half century slowdown

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According to the article, Kohli's score was 42 off 25 before he added 19 runs off 19 balls after the powerplay ended and spin was introduced. Although he only needed 8 runs to reach his half-century, he continued to slow down after reaching the milestone.

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While some might argue that Kohli was playing just to reach his fifty, it is more likely that his weaker performance against spin and his anchor role mentality were the reasons behind his slowing down. Despite this, the team played well, with one player rotating the strike while the other went on the attack.
After the powerplay, they focused on settling against spin, as they had struggled in the previous match against KKR. The team managed to score 212 runs, although their poor bowling performance made it difficult to defend their total.
It is unlikely that a player with 75 hundreds to his name would be overly concerned with scoring a mere fifty, especially in a league match.

Although Kohli's performance against spin has declined, it would be unfair to assume that he was only playing for personal milestones.

The "hit it and forget it" attitude of T20s has had a negative impact on our cricketing abilities. However, both teams managed to score well, with Maxwell living up to his reputation.

Is a score of 212 considered low? Not necessarily, especially with the Chinnaswamy stadium's challenging conditions and the increasing power of the batting lineups. It may just be par for the course.

If Harshal had mankaded Bishnoi, the game could have gone into a super over, and RCB might have emerged victorious.

Sometimes games are just unpredictable, and we can't discredit the efforts of Stoinis and Pooran. It's easy to analyze things in hindsight, but we can't take away from the fact that Virat and Faf did what they always do. They may adjust their approach in the next game, but there's always a chance that they'll get caught up in being too aggressive, leading to criticism from experts who say they should have been more cautious and played it safe.

https://twitter.com/HaseebarslanUK/status/1645462221915561985?t=nygpvdCBANnMF0b0E0_aqQ&s=19

Lastly, Pakistan fans may find solace in the fact that Doull's bias is not limited to Babar, so there is no need to complain about him anymore.

Source-https://www.google.com/amp/s/wisden.com/series-stories/ipl-2023/concerned-milestone-simon-doull-criticises-virat-kohli-pre-half-century-slowdown/amp



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I don’t think he slowed down deliberately. I think Krunal Pandya is a tough bowler to score from and Kohli simply missed out on a couple of poor balls from Bisnoi which should at least have gone for 4

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Yeah, we can say that cautious not selfish.
Maybe Simon Doull wants to make pak fans happy lol

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