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Ahead of the ODI bid against Australia, erstwhile India cricketer and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) mentor Dinesh Karthik has revealed that stalwart batter Virat Kohli is determined to marque a comeback for the 2027 World Cup, having resumed regular grooming during his caller interruption successful London.
Speaking successful a video connected his societal media handle, Dinesh Karthik said that the 36-year-old subordinate is keen to play the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027.
“He is keen to play the World Cup 2027. In London, helium was grooming during this important layoff that helium had aft a agelong clip successful his life. He was practising cricket, 2 to 3 sessions a week. He is superior astir wanting to play the World Cup 2027,” Karthik said successful a video postyed connected Instagram.
Virat is India’s second-highest run-getter successful ODIs, with 14,181 runs successful 302 matches and 290 innings, averaging 57.88, boasting a onslaught complaint of implicit 93, and having scored 51 centuries and 74 fifties. His champion people is 183. In 7 ODIs this year, the superstar has made 275 runs successful 7 innings astatine an mean of 45.83, with a period and 2 fifties to his sanction and a champion people of 100 (not out).
His past planetary outing this twelvemonth was successful March, the ICC Champions Trophy-winning campaign, wherever helium starred with 218 runs successful 5 matches, including a period against arch-rivals Pakistan and a superb 84 against Australia successful the semifinals.
Virat besides has a long-standing emotion matter with Australian playing conditions, having scored 1,327 runs successful 29 ODIs astatine an mean of 51.03 and a onslaught complaint of implicit 89, with 5 centuries and six fifties successful 29 innings and a champion people of 133*.
His past 5 innings against Australia are 54, 56, 85, 54 and 84. His past 5 innings successful Australia are 104, 46, 21, 89 and 63.
India’s ODI squad
Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
