With questions surrounding Kohli’s future in limited-overs cricket, Al Jazeera appears to be like again on the icon’s best knocks.
Rohit Sharma has led India’s cost into the ICC T20 World Cup remaining together with his position because the crew’s chief on the sphere and with the bat, however it’s their former captain Virat Kohli who stays within the highlight, albeit for various causes.
The 35-year-old, who has has performed in 529 matches for India since his debut in 2008 and scored almost 29,000 runs throughout all codecs, has been a shadow of himself throughout this match.
Kohli finds himself in an uncommon situation, together with his place within the Indian crew in query. India’s second highest run-scorer in T20 internationals [110 runs behind leading scorer Rohit], has solely managed 75 runs in his seven innings within the match, with a top score of 37 against Bangladesh.
Whereas his place in India’s line-up for the ultimate won’t be below any doubt, it stays to be seen if the match and, certainly, the ultimate might be his final hurrah in an ICC Cricket World Cup.
Kohli’s brilliance has dragged India from despair to elation on numerous events. Now, with one of many recreation’s best ever batters dealing with a lean patch, can his teammates return the favour on Saturday?
We have a look again at 5 of his best limited-over moments on the worldwide stage that cemented his picture an icon of the sport:
2011: Kohli and India’s Cricket World Cup triumph
Three years after his worldwide debut in opposition to Sri Lanka in a one-day worldwide (ODI), Kohli was a 50-over Cricket World Cup winner with India on the 2011 match on dwelling soil. The then-22-year-old Kohli lined up alongside Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and, the highest scorer within the remaining in opposition to Sri Lanka with 97, Gautam Gambhir.
Kohli solely managed cameos within the knock-out levels and remaining of the competitors however scored 59 within the remaining group stage match in opposition to the West Indies in a stand of 123 with Yuvraj Singh for the third wicket. He additionally began the match with an unbeaten 100 off 83 balls in opposition to Bangladesh as India posted 370-4 in an 84-run win to open the match.
![India's Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla, Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli (L-R) celebrate with their trophy after India won their ICC Cricket World Cup final match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2011-04-02T120000Z_1524360617_SR1E7421DOF0Y_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-WORLD-1719570084.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C523)
2012: The emergence of a limited-overs genius
A 12 months after the World Cup win, Kohli’s standing as the brand new celebrity of Indian cricket was confirmed with an innings that made the world sit up and take be aware. In a tri-nation ODI collection in Australia, which additionally included Sri Lanka, India had been struggling to publish huge totals. Together with his crew on the verge of elimination from the tri-series in Australia, Kohli walked out with India 86-2 within the tenth over and needing to chase down their goal of 321 inside 40 overs to maintain alive their hopes of creating the ultimate. The appropriate-hander took aside the Sri Lankan assault together with Lasith Malinga, whom he struck for twenty-four runs in an over, and completed unbeaten on 133 as India chased down the goal in 36.4 overs.
![India's Suresh Raina (L) stands next to Virat Kohli as he celebrates reaching his century during their Tri-series one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in Hobart February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2012-02-28T120000Z_1696069018_GM1E82S1GSO01_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-TRI-1719570252.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C543)
2012: Mirpur miracle against Pakistan
Fresh from his heroics against Sri Lanka, Kohli played an innings of similar brilliance. The man who was building a reputation as a run-chase maestro reached his ODI score (183) against arch rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2012. India were set a target of 330 following centuries from Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed. When Kohli walked out to bat, India were one wicket down in the first over in the face of the stiff target. Undeterred by the challenge, Kohli proceeded to smash 183 off 148 balls in an effort that included consecutive century stands with Tendulkar (52) and Rohit Sharma (68) and took India home in front of a packed Mirpur stadium in Bangladesh.
![India's Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring a century against Pakistan during their Asia Cup One Day International cricket match in Dhaka March 18, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2012-03-18T120000Z_452473717_GM1E83I1RP701_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-INDIA-1719580577.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C609)
2014: Kohli guidelines T20 World Cup
Ten years in the past, in what was Kohli’s best ever run in a T20 World Cup, South Africa had India in bother within the final semifinal in Bangladesh. The Proteas had by no means been defeated when defending a rating of 170, however Kohli had different plans as he hit an unbeaten 74 off 42 deliveries to shatter South African goals and dismantle a mighty highly effective bowling assault. The 319 runs he amassed within the 2014 version stay a document by any batter in a T20 World Cup however, sadly for Kohli and India, they weren’t sufficient as Sri Lanka claimed their first T20 title with a six-wicket win within the remaining.
![India's Virat Kohli plays a shot, as South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock watches during their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup semifinal match in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 4, 2014.(AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP652364108623-1719570871.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513)
2022: A Kohli particular stuns Pakistan
Kohli was a thorn in Pakistan’s facet as soon as once more, as he opened India’s T20 World Cup 2022 with probably the most spectacular turnarounds in format’s historical past. Having been set 160 to win, India had been dealing with a grim defeat at 31-4 after 6.1 overs till Kohli took issues into his personal palms. He hit an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls in a scarcely plausible innings. With two overs to go, India had been nonetheless up in opposition to it and wanted 31 runs as Kohli smashed Haris Rauf for 2 large sixes off the fourth and sixth balls of the ultimate over and go away Pakistan, and all those that witnessed it, shocked.
![India's Virat Kohli reacts after winning the T20 World Cup cricket match against Pakistan in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP22296445152860-1719570942.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C514)