Virat Kohli’s batting has improved from Asia Cup, he is trusting his power game: Sanjay Manjrekar

Virat Kohli scored 63 off 48 balls against Australia on Sunday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium and helped India win the match by six wickets.

Former batter Sanjay Manjrekar reckoned that Virat Kohli has started to find his rhythm and has gained confidence of late. On Sunday, September 25, the 33-year-old Kohli scored 63 off 48 with three fours and four sixes against Australia in Hyderabad, helping India win the match by six wickets.

Kohli was also involved in a 104-run partnership with Player of the Match Suryakumar Yadav, after which he stitched together a 48-run stand with Hardik Pandya.

Manjrekar felt that Kohli’s power-game was back and the right-hander had started to rediscover his dominant self in the shortest format.

“See, right from the Asia Cup, every match that he got runs, not just the runs, there was some improvement coming. I think the power game is back, he is trusting his power game. There was a time when he was getting runs but his power game was not coming at his beck and call that is starting to happen,” Manjrekar was quoted as saying on SPORTS18’s daily sports news show ‘SPORTS OVER THE TOP’.

Manjrekar was of the opinion that Kohli has brought along with improvements from the Asia Cup and the results are starting to show. The veteran said that the Delhi-born Kohli should now try and carry his form to the T20 World Cup later this year in Australia.

“He’s dispatching good balls for big boundaries and sixes. It’s all about confidence, this is a guy who’s damn self-confident and drives himself to excellence, but for long-time runs weren’t coming and his confidence was tender,” he stated.