Virat Kohli's Brother Hits Back At Manjrekar Over Strike Rate Comment
Recently Manjrekar excluded Kohli from his top 10 IPL batters list stating T20 cricket is as much about SR as runs
By : DC Web Desk
Update: 2025-04-30 07:18 GMT
Virat Kohli's brother, Vikas Kohli gave a fitting reply to former player and cricket analyst Sanjay Manjrekar, who recently pointed fingers at the talisman batter's strike rate.
Recently Manjrekar excluded Kohli from his top 10 IPL batters list and made a controversial statement saying, 'Kohli vs Bumrah can no longer be considered Best vs Best.'
In a recent post on X, Manjrekar wrote, "T20 cricket is as much about SR as runs. Here is the list that really matters. Top 10 batters this IPL with over 200 runs at great SR." And picked players including Priyansh Arya, Nicholas Pooran, Shreyas Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, Phil Salt and KL Rahul, while dropping Kohli.
Taking to meta-owned social media platform 'Threads', Vikas Kohli wrote, "Mr Sanjay Manjrekar Career odi strike rate : 64:31 Easy to talk about 200 plus strike rates."
Currently, the 36-year-old player stands second in the Orange Cap list with 443 runs that includes six half centuries.
Earlier, Kohli broke down RCB's batting template after the franchise's first home game win this season.
"The template is now pretty simple, for one guy to bat through and the others to attack around him. Devdutt and I know this ground well. Just wanted to let Salt to his thing at the top. "There is pace and bounce in the first few overs with the new ball. Today we just tried to time the ball and keep enough pressure on the opposition to keep giving us boundary balls."