Pujara warns Virat Kohli: said personal milestones shouldn’t be coming at the cost of the team. After Virat Kohli seemed to have slowed down to score his century against Bangladesh in the Cricket World Cup 2023 match.
Virat Kohli’s 48th century in ODI cricket a new milestone against Bangladesh in a World Cup 2023 match. There were a few who wondered if Kohli slowing down to reach his hundred at the end of the game was the right move. There were moments in the match where his non-striking partner KL Rahul would even deny singles to ensure Kohli get the strike. Veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara, however, wasn’t happy with this approach.
“As much I wanted Virat Kohli to score that hundred, you have to keep in mind, you want to finish the game as early as possible. You want your Net Run Rate to be at the top. If you are in a position where you are fighting for the Net Run Rate, then you don’t want to look back and say ‘you could have done that’,” Cheteshwar Pujara told in a news report..
Pujara feels it’s the mindset of the player that also matters. Pujara is of the opinion that Kohli and other Indian players should be putting the tem first. As far as personal milestones.
“That’s where I feel that as a collective decision, maybe you have to sacrifice a bit. You want to look at the team, you want to put the team first, that’s how I look at it. You want your milestone, but not at the cost of the team. As a player, you always have a choice. But some players feel if they get a hundred, it helps them in the next game. So it depends on what kind of mindset you have,” he also added.
Does this kind of attitude bothers team india against the match with Newzeland, both of the team is in the same position till now because they played 4 match out of 5 against other teams and win those game without losing. Despite in a ICC ODI ranking, India and Newzeland seemed a strong team in this ICC World Cup 2023. In the Matter of points Newzeland have +1.923 and India have +1.659 points after 4 matchs.
Lest hope for the best in this upcoming match.
