Srinagar: Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri has termed Virat Kohli’s two sixes of Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf as two of the best shots played by an Indian.
Virat Kohli lead India to a thrilling win against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022 at MCG on Sunday.
The highlight of his innings were two consecutive sixes hit against Haris Rauf on fifth and sixth balls of penultimate over.
Haris Rauf bowled a slower one on the fifth ball of the 19th over but Kohli backed away to slam the ball down the ground for a maximum. A slower short ball was smashed for straight as an arrow six. He then hit another off the very next ball.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri has praised the two maximums that he hit.
“In all my years of playing and watching India vs Pakistan, those two sixes off Haris Rauf are two of the greatest shots played by an Indian batsman. The only comparison is Sachin Tendulkar’s six off Shoaib Akhtar in Centurion in 2003 World Cup. These are two of the greatest cricketers of our time. Tendulkar’s knock had some of the magnificent shots played in white-ball cricket against Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar. And then this Kohli knock. These two are the biggest knocks I have seen where quality fast bowling has been taken apart,” Shastri siad in an interview to Indian Express.
Virat Kohli was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ for his effort.