The debate about making Virat Kohli a starter in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia continues. This debate started after scoring a century in the 2022 Asian Cup against Afghanistan. This debate has intensified after Indian starter KL Rahul’s average performance in the three-match T20 series against Australia. By the way, if we look at the stats of these two players as starters, then only Virat Kohli looks heavy.
Virat Kohli has so far opened in just 9 T20 caps. In this, he has scored 400 runs with an incredible batting average of 57.14. During this time his unemployment rate has also been 161.29. In these 9 entries, he has a century and two half centuries to his name. Here he has also hit 48 fours and 11 sixes. That is, they have hit more than 5 fours and more than one six per inning.
KL Rahul has so far opened in 47 T20 Internationals. Here he has scored 1590 runs with a batting average of 37 and a strike rate of 139. That is, KL Rahul scores runs with a lower average and a lower strike rate than Virat Kohli as a starter. KL Rahul has marked 16 half centuries during this period. That is, in every three innings he has left one fifty of his bat. In this respect he is equal to Virat. At the same time, KL Rahul has hit 128 fours and 64 sixes. That is, he has hit more than a six per inning but has been less than 3 fours. I mean, even on the topic of fours, Rahul is a bit behind.
Virat is back to his 2022 Asia Cup form. He played small tackles in the first few games of the Asia Cup and then in the last one against Afghanistan, he made a concoction to get back into form. He played spectacular innings in the three match T20 series against Australia.