Silence before storm?
Updated On: 09 September, 2023 09:23 AM IST | Colombo | R Kaushik
India’s batting star Virat Kohli has had a quiet time at the Asia Cup thus far, but it’s unlikely that he will remain inconspicuous for much longer. Watch out, foes
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Virat Kohli. Pic/AFP
India have been in Sri Lanka for over a week now, but barely has Virat Kohli been in the news. The former skipper has flown remarkably under the radar as the attention has centred around the weather, India’s team for the World Cup and the imminent return to competitive action of KL Rahul.
Kohli has had a quiet time of it at the Asia Cup thus far. In his only hit, against Pakistan last Saturday in Pallekele, he lasted six deliveries. A cracking cover-drive off Naseem Shah that sped to the boundary seemed to suggest he was in the mood, but he was defeated by the two-paced nature of the surface as he chopped a fairly harmless delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi onto his stumps. Two days later against Nepal, he dropped a sitter at cover to reprieve Aasif Sheikh off the seventh ball of the match and watched the batsman bring up an excellent half-century. Kohli himself was not required to bat as openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill hunted down the 145-run target with consummate ease.
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