\u2018Utter Rubbish\u2019
\n MUMBai
\nVirat Kohli slammed his 46th half-century in the Indian Premier League on Monday against the Lucknow Super Giants. The former RCB captain reached the 50-run mark in 35 balls, registering his second fifty of the season. However, it took Kohli 10 balls to move from 42 to 50 and his batting approach did not go down well with former New Zealand player Simon Doull, who was commentating the match. Doull felt that Kohli was \u201cconcerned about the milestone\u201d.
\n\u201cKohli started off like a train. He was going hammer and tongs as he was playing a lot of shots. From 42 to 50, he took 10 balls. Concerned about a milestone. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s room for that in this game anymore. Just gotta keep going, especially with wickets in hand at that stage. You got to keep going,\u201d Doull had said on-air.
\nReacting to Doull\u2019s comment, ex-Pakistan captain Salman Butt fumed at the former New Zealand pacer, and deemed his statement as \u201cutter rubbish\u201d.
\n\u201cWhen he was in Pakistan, he used similar words for Babar Azam. If he had watched the game conciously, he would\u2019ve noticed that Kohli tried to hit Bishnoi three four times but he missed. That is part of the game. He has 75 centuries in international cricket. He doesn\u2019t have to prove anything to anyone. It\u2019s utter rubbish. He (Doull) has played cricket, but he was a bowler,\u201d Butt said on his YouTube channel. Butt suggested Doull to \u201cget a life\u201d as a player like Kohli, who has scored 75 international centuries, doesn\u2019t need to worry about milestones.
\n\u201cYoung players often play like this as getting to milestone might secure their place in the team. Why would Kohli do that? This is RCB we are talking about. He is not fighting for his place in the Indian team. He is a world class player. Get a life. Get out of this narrow-minded thinking. All the big players like Babar, Virat and Williamson are not power-hitters. They put value on their wicket. Maybe he\u2019s trying to get attention,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Utter Rubbish\u2019 MUMBai Virat Kohli slammed his 46th half-century in the Indian Premier League on Monday against the Lucknow Super Giants. The former RCB captain reached the 50-run mark in 35 balls, registering his second fifty of the season. However, it took Kohli 10 balls to move from 42 to 50 and his batting approach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-325509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n