Ganguly has faith in Rohit and Virat: BCCI President said - Kohli and Rohit will be in form soon; Wouldn't be surprised if Umran is elected

Posted on 17th May 2022 by rohit kumar

In the 15th season of IPL, the poor form of the Indian team's top stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continues. T20 World Cup is to be held in Australia in October this year. In such a situation, the form of these two batsmen is increasing the concern of the management. Meanwhile, both these batsmen have got the support of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly said in an interview, 'I am not at all worried about the form of Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. Both are big players. I am sure that Kohli will be back in a form very soon and he is also certain to be selected for the team for the T20 World Cup.

 

Indications are given for Umran's selection in Team India

 

At the same time, Ganguly has also indicated the selection of Hyderabad fast bowler Umran Malik in Team India, who bowled the fastest ball in the current season. Umran has taken 18 wickets in 12 matches. "It shouldn't be a surprise if Umran is selected in the team for the series against South Africa," Ganguly said.

 

Virat scored a half-century in a match

 

Kohli has been battling poor form this season. He has scored just 236 runs in 13 matches at an average of 19.67 and a strike rate of 113.46. He has also been out for a duck thrice. Kohli has scored an only one-half century in the current season. This is the second time in their IPL career when he has scored runs at a low average of 20. Earlier in 2008, he scored runs at an average of 15 in his debut IPL.

In the last match, Kohli got out after scoring 20 runs against Punjab. In this match, Punjab Kings had put a huge score of 210 runs in front of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Big innings were expected from Kohli. He was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada in the fourth over of the innings. Bengaluru had to face defeat by 54 runs.

 

Rohit's weakest performance in IPL

 

The 15th season of IPL has also been very bad for Team India's opener and captain Rohit Sharma. He has scored the lowest average of his IPL career. In the 12 matches he has played so far, he has been able to score only 218 runs at an average of 18.17 and strike rate of 125.29. Earlier, he had scored runs in IPL in 2017 and 2018 at an average of around 24. He scored 333 runs in 17 matches at an average of 23.78 in 2017 and 286 runs in 14 matches at 23.83 in 2018.

 

 

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