As the cricket world watches Virat Kohli incredible comeback in the current ICC World Cup 2023, former England captain Michael Vaughan has offered an intriguing prediction. Vaughan compares Virat Kohli skill to the World Cup victory of great football player Lionel Messi, believing that the latter is bound to set new records in the competition.
India has remained undefeated in the tournament because to Kohli’s outstanding play. He is the standout performer because to his constant high scores and outstanding relationships. He was particularly noteworthy for his match-winning, undefeated innings of 103 runs off 97 balls against Bangladesh, which sealed India’s fourth straight win. In addition, his brilliant 95-run innings against New Zealand helped India win the World Cup for the fifth time in a row.
With an astounding average of 118 and 354 runs scored in five games, Virat Kohli is currently the second-highest run scorer in the competition.
Speaking on the Club Prairie Fire podcast, Vaughan gave Virat Kohli high marks and made an audacious forecast. He declared,
“No one is better in the chase than Virat Kohli.” If he finishes 49th before the final and 50th during it, that wouldn’t surprise me. The stars bear witness to it. I posted it on social media: World Cups are always filled with amazing players. It outlines their heirlooms.
Based on the idea that great athletes perform best on the biggest stages—think Messi and Argentina’s World Cup victory—Vaughan made this forecast. He sees Kohli taking India all the way to the championship.
“Observe the athletes; Lionel Messi had to lead Argentina to victory in the World Cup, and he succeeded. Even though Virat has previously won a World Cup, you get the impression that he will lead the Indian side to victory,” the man continued.
Vaughan wondered how to stop India, a team that was dominating the World Cup. He pointed out the benign pitches that might not help bowlers, even though he acknowledged the possibility of early wickets. Even the Australians were unable to completely surprise the Indian team, although they came close. Vaughan said,
“I would really like to know how to stop them (India).” Right now, I’m unable to see. It is possible to get early wickets. However, the pitches will have little effect. How are you going to swiftly take out those three to four? I don’t see how anyone will go close to them, Vaughan continued, adding that the Australians were the closest to surprising them when they got three out early in Chennai.
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