The “greatest chaser of all time” is how England batsman Joe Root described India’s legendary player Virat Kohli ahead of their World Cup match on Sunday at Lucknow’s Ekana stadium. With two points at the bottom of the table, England has not lived up to their pre-tournament hype at the present World Cup. But with everything on the line and a game of life or death ahead of them, the Three Lions will give it their all to defeat the hosts. In head-to-head ODI World Cup matches, the reigning champions have a 4-3 advantage over the Men in Blue. Scroll down to read more scoop about Joe Root’s Calls Virat Kohli the “Greatest Chaser”.
India seems to have the advantage based on their recent performance going into the match on Sunday.
Virat has been a key player in India’s successful World Cup run thus far, helping the team win every match in which they have pursued the lead. When India faced Australia and New Zealand and found themselves in a precarious scenario, the former all-format captain steadied the ship.
Root praised Virat, saying to Star Sports, “Virat is probably the greatest chaser of all time; his record is incredible.”
The way that Virat performs at-bat could have a big impact on how the game turns out. England’s star-studded bowling unit has several excellent bowlers who could challenge the seasoned hitter. However, Virat would like to take on spinner Adil Rashid and pacer Mark Wood on the field.
“Mark Wood, I would like to test myself against real pace as I have played against him a few times and he is a superb bowler with the ability to worry batsmen,” Virat stated.
“Adil Rashid, he is a very underrated bowler and he has been doing well for England a very challenging bowler I look forward to playing against,” Virat continued.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
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