Lucknow: Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has responded to those who questioned the strike rate of veteran batsman Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that questions are often raised regarding Virat's strike rate in T-20 cricket. Kohli is in tremendous form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 but despite this people were seen criticizing him. Although the strike rate of the veteran player has been close to 150 this season, still he has had to face criticism.

Pathan has brilliantly responded to those who raised questions about Virat's strike rate. He says that Kohli is scoring runs at a strike rate of around 150, so people should not talk about it. Let us tell you that he gave this reaction at a time when the right-handed batsman played a match-winning innings against Gujarat Titans (GT). Irfan took the help of social media platform X to give his opinion.

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He wrote, “People keep talking about Virat Kohli's strike rate but they forget the fact that he has an orange cap on his head and with it he is scoring runs at a strike rate of around 150. This is an amazing effort.”

Let us tell you that on Sunday, April 28, the 35-year-old batted brilliantly in the match played between RCB and Gujarat at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, facing 44 balls, he played an unbeaten inning of 70 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. During this period also his strike rate was 159. Apart from this, if we talk about IPL 2024, he has batted amazingly this season and has scored 500 runs. Apart from this, he has scored 5 half-centuries and has also scored runs at a strike rate of 147.

Bengaluru defeated Gujarat by 9 wickets

If we talk about the match against Gujarat, then batting first in this match, GT had scored 200 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from him, young batsman Sai Sudarshan played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs. So, while chasing the target of 201 runs, RCB made a strong start and achieved this huge score in just 16 overs. He won this match by 9 wickets. Apart from Kohli's 70 runs, young player Will Jacques played a century and scored unbeaten 100 runs on 41 balls. During this period, 5 fours and 10 sixes came from his bat.

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