Whether during a press conference or in an interview, whether he is taking a break from play or not, or even if the question is just tangentially related to the subject, every seasoned cricketer and game expert will eventually come across a Virat Kohli question on social media. During his Q&A session, Shoaib Akhtar, who has previously supported Kohli despite his inconsistent play, provided a fantastic response to a fan who asked him to sum up Kohli in one word.
The former Pakistani pacer, who owns the title for the fastest delivery in cricket history, announced on social media that his biography, “RAWALPINDI EXPRESS – Running against the odds,” would be released on Sunday, July 25. He then engaged in a Q&A session with the audience. Using a hashtag, he invited followers to ask him questions, promising to respond to them over the course of the following 30 minutes.
Virat Kohli was earlier endorsed by Akhtar, who referred to him as the best player ever.
Virat Kohli has recently struggled with the bat as part of his ongoing century drought, which started in November 2019. Since he made a century against Bangladesh in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, during a Pink-ball Test between the two teams, the former India captain has failed to reach the three-figure mark in 79 innings across all forms.
Kohli got scathing criticism for his poor performance in England, where he scored just 12 runs in the T20I series and 33 runs in ODIs, before being rested for the white-ball series against the West Indies. However, despite all the ongoing debate, a number of current and former cricketers from all over the world have come out in favour of the 33-year-old, predicting that he will soon regain his form.
“Some people think he ought to be dropped. Virat Kohli’s career is over. His career is completely over, and there is nothing else he could ever accomplish. I tell them Virat Kohli is the best player there is. If there was the best player during the past ten years, it was Virat. Even though he has had one or two terrible years, he has still scored runs, Akhtar claimed on his YouTube page.
I’m backing Virat Kohli since he has 70 hundred as a Pakistani. Not Candy Crush at all. These several centuries can only be scored by a great player; average players cannot do this. There will be a different Virat Kohli when he emerges from this phase, the pacer continued.
