My man finished two back to back knockout matches against two best teams and silently walked off...
The seeds for this were sown back in 2019 under virat and Shastri. They decided to play KL at 5 and do what kohli does at 3 all over again.
If we lose early wickets then stop the collapse and build the innings again. If he comes at the 40 overs mark then play big shots and finish on a high. KL is capable of doing both.
I remember in 2019, I liked this plan but then Shikhar got injured and KL had to open and we all know what happened in semi.
But after that we saw him playing this role brilliantly in many odi bilateral matches and also in WC2023. There he did his job but because of Hardiks injury we lost the balance and couldn't put up a good total in the final.
But KL's job of maturely finishing the innings in ODI's continued and today we got the results. Glad that captain changed, coach changed but they stick to KL for this and finally it paid off.
Not the last time though. Still one more to go. 😉
The seeds for this were sown back in 2019 under virat and Shastri. They decided to play KL at 5 and do what kohli does at 3 all over again.
If we lose early wickets then stop the collapse and build the innings again. If he comes at the 40 overs mark then play big shots and finish on a high. KL is capable of doing both.
I remember in 2019, I liked this plan but then Shikhar got injured and KL had to open and we all know what happened in semi.
But after that we saw him playing this role brilliantly in many odi bilateral matches and also in WC2023. There he did his job but because of Hardiks injury we lost the balance and couldn't put up a good total in the final.
But KL's job of maturely finishing the innings in ODI's continued and today we got the results. Glad that captain changed, coach changed but they stick to KL for this and finally it paid off.
Not the last time though. Still one more to go. 😉