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Virat Kohli-Syed Kirmani (Image source- Twitter)
1983 World Cup winner and former Indan wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani has opined that a player of Virat Kohli's class, with his amazing abilities and experience, deserves to be included in the squad for the Men In Blue for the upcoming 20-20 World Cup which is to be held Down Under.
Kohli is going through one of the driest patches of his career. The talismanic batter managed just 50 runs in 3 ODI's. and 12 runs across 2 T20Is in England. Kohli returned from a break for the much-anticipated Birmingham Test but the star batter managed just 31 runs across 2 innings. His century drought has also extended beyond two and a half years now.
Virat Kohli will not be part of India's ODI and T20I squads for the tour of the West Indies, starting July 22. The star batter has been rested for the series, and is expected to return only for the Asia Cup T20 later this year.
"Virat Kohli has loads of experience. He should be in the T20 World Cup squad. Once Kohli returns to form, he will be unstoppable. He could be a game-changer. A player with Kohli's experience and abilities deserves to be in the World Cup squad," Kirmani told Dainik Jagran.
Kirmani said that considering his superlative contributions to the national side, he should be given a chance to play in the 20-20 World Cup which is going to be hosted in Australia.
"There is tough competition in the Indian team. Look, if someone else was going through the rough patch that Kohli is, he would have been dropped from the team by now. But I feel that an established player should be given the benefit of the doubt," he explained.
Amidst a lot of criticism for Virat Kohli, the cricket fraternity has supported him and has hailed his contributions to cricket for the Men in Blue. They have also said that Virat Kohli will come back to form and be his old dominating self.