Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Go-To-Man on a Big Day
Virat Kohli, who had four Test hundreds in four-match Test series scored a hundred in the Cup opener against Pakistan but since then have had scores of 46, 33*, 33, 44*, 38 and 3 in the next six games.
It has been a lull after storm for Virat Kohli in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup. However, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stood firmly behind his deputy expressing confidence that he will come good on a big day as he is a "big occasion player".(Kohli Must Fire in World Cup Semis: Srinath)
Kohli, who had four Test hundreds in four-match Test series scored a hundred in the Cup opener against Pakistan but since then have had scores of 46, 33*, 33, 44*, 38 and 3 in the next six games.
Asked if it was a case of poor shot selection rather than good bowling from the opposition, Dhoni didn't agree.(Kohli an Example for Youngsters: Whatmore)
"I don't think poor shot selection is the case. He is a dominant batsman, he loves playing his strokes. I don't think he has batted badly at all," said MS Dhoni. The skipper batted for Kohli at the post-match press conference after the quarter-final win over Bangladesh.(Respect Kohli, Says Girlfriend Anushka)
"In fact Dhoni feels that it is unfair to expect Kohli fire everytime he goes out to bat just like he did during the Test series in Australia," Dhoni added.
"Not that he has got a century everytime when he has gone out to bat but maybe we are relating to the Test series, and expect that he scores a hundred in each time he is out there in the middle," said the skipper.
Dhoni is happy that Kohli is "focussed on the process".
"He is concentrating on process. And he is a big occasion player and would fire on a big day," Dhoni added.