In the year 2022, the star batter for India, Virat Kohli, who had been struggling through a dry spell, got back to his old self. After a drought of 1,020 days, Virat finally broke his century drought with a smashing performance against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022.
Since then, Virat has maintained his torrid form, and he ended the T20 World Cup 2022 as the player with the most runs scored overall with a total of 296 runs scored across 6 matches.
As the year comes to a close, Aakash Chopra, a former batter for India, has selected his top five hitters for 2022, and there is no doubt that Virat Kohli is one of them.
Chopra lauded the former captain of India for his outstanding play despite the difficult playing conditions.
“Virat Kohli’s inclusion on this list is an accomplishment that no one could have foreseen happening. He had a tough time getting into shape for a number of years, and his play in the Indian Premier League was not particularly impressive either. It seemed like nothing was going right for him, “said Chopra on his own channel on YouTube.
“On the other hand, by the end of the year 2022, he has done an incredible job of turning things around. Kohli has played in 20 Twenty20 Internationals so far in the year 2022, scoring 781 runs with a strike rate of 138.23 and averaging 55.78 runs per match.
During the Twenty20 World Cup, he was a standout performer. During the World Cup, the pitches that they played on against Pakistan and England were quite difficult, but he was still able to score runs on them “he added.
The former hitter for India went on to say that he will not be including Pakistan’s current captain Babar Azam on the list due to the fact that he has a low batting average and a low strike rate.
“According to the numbers, Babar Azam ought to be in the fifth spot, but I’m not going to include him on my list. Even though he has played in 26 matches and scored 735 runs, his batting average is just 32 and his strike rate is just 123.
Sorry! However, I am unable to have him on my squad. I have decided to substitute Devon Conway’s name for his in this instance. Conway’s performance in Twenty20 Internationals in 2022 was incredible, and if he had just played a few more matches in this format during the year, he would have surpassed SKY (Suryakumar Yadav) and taken the lead position “said Chopra.
After looking at the most recent statistics and using his own analysis, Chopra determined that Suryakumar Yadav (India), Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Virat Kohli (India), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), and Devon Conway were the top five hitters in the tournament (New Zealand).
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