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Batting Analysis of No 1 Batsmen
Virat Kohli
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Virat Kohli
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Kohli heavily depends on his strength of finding gaps with consistent high quality ground strokes and consistent singles and doubles
Kohli loves to play on the rise
So he comes down the ground to get till the ball
He loves to time the ball rather than to use muscle strength
Kohli loves to play on the rise
So he comes down the ground to get till the ball
He loves to time the ball rather than to use muscle strength
Kohli is very strong with vertical bat
Even in slight shorter deliveries he tries to come down the ground & play with vertical bat
Kohli playing above waist level deliveries with horizontal bat is rare
Kohli's uses wrist but doesn't uses much power of proximal arm muscles
Even in slight shorter deliveries he tries to come down the ground & play with vertical bat
Kohli playing above waist level deliveries with horizontal bat is rare
Kohli's uses wrist but doesn't uses much power of proximal arm muscles
Strengths of Virat Kohli :
Full length & fuller good length deliveries (mostly body line deliveries) where he can use his wrist , vertical bat shots with full effect
He is so consistent with full length deliveries he can literally score boundaries in every ball
Full length & fuller good length deliveries (mostly body line deliveries) where he can use his wrist , vertical bat shots with full effect
He is so consistent with full length deliveries he can literally score boundaries in every ball
Example :
Malinga is so weak against Kohli
Because Malinga used to bowl many many full length deliveries in those years with full pace
That was Kohli's strongest zone & Kohli wrapped 24 runs of dangerous Malinga in an over
Every ball was full length
Malinga is so weak against Kohli
Because Malinga used to bowl many many full length deliveries in those years with full pace
That was Kohli's strongest zone & Kohli wrapped 24 runs of dangerous Malinga in an over
Every ball was full length
Weakness of Kohli :
Not so much in ODIs because Kohli heavily relies on Singles and doubles & is simply effective in chasing 300 target many times
Let's talk about T20 weaknesses
Because In T20s singles aren't effective and ultimately you need boundaries
Not so much in ODIs because Kohli heavily relies on Singles and doubles & is simply effective in chasing 300 target many times
Let's talk about T20 weaknesses
Because In T20s singles aren't effective and ultimately you need boundaries
In T20s
Kohli isn't a good player with vertical bat
Kohli finds it difficult to hit boundaries if ball is above the waist level (especially around or slightly outside off stump)
Ofcourse he has no problem in taking singles but they aren't of much use in T20s
Kohli isn't a good player with vertical bat
Kohli finds it difficult to hit boundaries if ball is above the waist level (especially around or slightly outside off stump)
Ofcourse he has no problem in taking singles but they aren't of much use in T20s
Kohli runs down the ground to play on the rise
Because he doesn't wants the ball to come above waist level
And
If ball is of enough face
He doesn't gets time to come down
While he his simply master of hitting slow delivery bowlers (not spinners)
Because he gets time to reach
Because he doesn't wants the ball to come above waist level
And
If ball is of enough face
He doesn't gets time to come down
While he his simply master of hitting slow delivery bowlers (not spinners)
Because he gets time to reach
Also Kohli finds it a bit hesitant against bouncers
But still he is okay with it
Because he doesn't tries to hit six of bouncer
But most pulls to mid wicket for 2 runs or 4 (more of ground stroke)
But still he is okay with it
Because he doesn't tries to hit six of bouncer
But most pulls to mid wicket for 2 runs or 4 (more of ground stroke)
Bowling strategy against Kohli :
Bowl shorter good length deliveries above waist level with medium pace (not too slow) mostly towards the offstump or outside the stumps
Make him forcefully move
While doing this please remember to mix the line length and pace consistently
Bowl shorter good length deliveries above waist level with medium pace (not too slow) mostly towards the offstump or outside the stumps
Make him forcefully move
While doing this please remember to mix the line length and pace consistently
No need to worry about singles or doubles because they aren't of much use if boundaries aren't coming
And constantly change the line length and pace of deliveries which is most important in T20s (irrespective of Batsmen and pitch)
And constantly change the line length and pace of deliveries which is most important in T20s (irrespective of Batsmen and pitch)
