ICC shared an animated collage of Virat Kohli ahead of WTC final 2023
Virat Kohli gets high praise from ICC as world cricket body shares a stunning poster for Indian talisman batsman ahead of WTC final 2023
An ODI century against Sri Lanka in Vizag, followed by a Test ton against Australia in Ahmedabad to break the shackles in the longest format of the game and then a stupendous IPL season – all these have created a feeling that Virat Kohli will do everything The guns will be high against the Aussies when India take the field in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval on Wednesday.
He has had a wonderful year of cricket so far and now fans are eagerly waiting to see his class against the Dukes ball on the spicy English track.
Kohli finished as the second-highest run-scorer in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which India won 2-1 earlier this year. He scored 297 runs in 6 innings at an average of close to 50. His brilliance against the Aussies is a well-known fact and one that leads fans to an extremely exciting match-up at The Oval – featuring ‘King Kohli’ and the Australian pace trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starr and Scott Boland.
Ahead of the much-anticipated clash in England, the ICC created an animated collage of Kohli, portraying him as the legend of Test cricket. The global cricket body highlighted his return to form just in time for India to lift their maiden WTC title after their first loss to New Zealand in 2021.
The tweet read, “Virat Kohli is back in scintillating form just in time for the #WTC23 final.”
Meanwhile, former head coach Ravi Shastri has said that the spectators will get to see a different version of Kohli in the WTC final. Talking to ICC, Shastri said that if this star batsman gets 20 runs in the beginning, he will have a blast on English soil.
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Shastri said, “If there is a match against Australia, Virat Kohli will wake up differently, if we talk about Australia, he smells coffee much earlier, so if he goes, reaches 20, then we will have some fun.” “
Kohli has 28 Test hundreds to his name and if he manages to score one more, he will equal the career tally of legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman. In terms of active cricketers, Kohli will also be level with England star Joe Root, who has 29, behind only Steve Smith, who has 30 tons.
