Sunil Gavaskar on Virat Kohli: Today in the Indian Premier League 2024, the most explosive match of the league stage will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings (RCB vs CSK). The result of this match will make it clear whether the fourth team to reach the playoffs will be CSK or RCB. However, before this high voltage match, former Indian veteran player Sunil Gavaskar has once again given a big statement regarding Virat Kohli.

What did Sunil Gavaskar say about Virat Kohli?

Talking about Virat Kohli's career on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said, 'When Virat Kohli started his career, he was not very successful. It is a fact that Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave him some time and more momentum. That is why he is the Kohli we see today.

Actually, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played an important role in the success achieved by Virat Kohli. Dhoni has supported Kohli a lot since the beginning of his career. This is the reason why Sunil Gavaskar has given such a statement regarding Virat Kohli's career.

There was a lot of uproar over Gavaskar's statement regarding Virat Kohli's strike rate.

Let us tell you that recently during IPL 2024, Sunil Gavaskar had also raised questions on the strike rate of Virat Kohli. While talking about Kohli's strike rate, Gavaskar had said that when you bat from the first ball and your strike rate remains 118 till the 14th-15th over, then you are bound to be criticized. After this, Kohli also targeted those who raised questions on the strike rate after a match and reacted to them.

Let us tell you that Virat Kohli is in amazing form in IPL 2024 and is the highest run scorer. Kohli has scored 661 runs in 13 matches with the help of 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Fans want that this form of Kohli should continue in the upcoming T20 World Cup also.