Virat Kohli’s Asia Cup performance against Pakistan results in his lowest overall score since 2012

 

Kandy [Sri Lanka], September 2 (ANI): Star

India batter Virat Kohli on Saturday

registered his lowest individual score

against Pakistan during their Asia Cup 2023 clash.

In the match against Pakistan at Kandy,

Virat started off with his signature cover

drive and it looked like he would play

another brilliant knock against the arch-

rivals. But he was soon dismissed by

Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose delivery hit the

stumps after an inside edge from Kohli’s

willow. Virat was out for just four runs in seven balls.

 

 

This is his lowest score against Pakistan

since December 2012, when he was

dismissed for a duck in five balls during an

ODI in Chennai.

Virat loves playing against Pakistan and the

numbers prove it. In 14 ODIs, he has scored

540 runs at an average of 45.00, with two

centuries and two half-centuries, with the

best score of 183.

In 10 T20Is against Pakistan, he has scored

488 runs at an average of 81.33, with five

half-centuries in 10 innings and a strike rate

of over 123, with the best score of 82*.

Some of Virat’s best knocks have come

against Pakistan. Be it his explosive 183 in

Asia Cup 2012 during a 330-run chase, his

107 in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, his 49

in a tense run-chase of 84 in the 2016 Asia

Cup, 55* in front of legendary Sachin

Tendulkar during the T20 World Cup 2022

or his incredible 82* off 53 balls during a

tense 160-run chase during the 2022 ICC T20

World Cup, Virat has given fans plenty to

remember against Pakistan.

 

Coming to the match, India elected to bat

first and posted 266/10 in 48.5 overs. India

struggled to take on the pace duo of Shaheen

and Haris Rauf, with Shaheen getting

skipper Rohit Sharma (11) and Virat Kohli

(4) and Haris getting Shreyas Iyer (14) and

Shubman Gill (10). India was reduced to 66/4.

Then a 138-run partnership between Ishan

Kishan (82 in 81 balls, with nine fours and

two sixes) and Hardik Pandya (87 in 90 balls

with seven fours and a six) helped India

cross 200 runs.

Then, contributions from Ravindra Jadeja

(14) and Jasprit Bumrah (16) helped India

cross the 250-run mark.

Shaheen (4/35) was the pick of the bowlers

for Pakistan. Naseem Shah (3/36) and Haris

Rauf (3/58) also bowled well for Pakistan. (ANI)