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World Cup: Like Sachin Tendulkar in 2011, Virat Kohli carries Team India on his shoulders

Virat Kohli was just a few metres away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries in ODI cricket. On 95, with only five runs required to chase down New Zealand’s 274, he flicked Matt Henry straight to Glenn Phillips. As he saw the catch, Kohli smiled sheepishly and walked back to the dugout, soaking in the applause of the crowd and waving his bat at them, acknowledging their support. Though he missed the three-figure on Sunday, it could not be too long before he equals and then breaks the record of his idol. But more importantly for his team, he is playing the Tendulkar role in the 2011 World Cup. He, like Tendulkar, has been their talisman and the nucleus. The little master was India’s highest run-getter in the 2011 edition—482 runs at 53.55 including two hundreds and as...
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‘Virat Kohli is still young and has a lot of time’: Chaminda Vaas

In the last few years, Indian cricket team talisman Virat Kohli has experienced a dip in form. The former India captain recently scored a century against the West Indies in the ongoing series in the Caribbean. But, tellingly, it was his first international century overseas since December 2018. Former Sri Lanka bowler Chaminda Vaas has backed Kohli, saying that a slump in form cannot be the reason to suspect someone’s class. “Most people want Kohli to perform all the time. If he fails in one or two games, people react differently, because Kohli has been scoring right from the beginning of his career. A player can go out of touch, but there is no doubt about his class. Even on the West Indies tour, he has performed. He wants to improve and contribute to Indian cricket. I’m sure he will ...