Lucknow: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) veteran batsman Virat Kohli performed brilliantly with the bat and scored a lot of runs. Not only this, there is a lot of discussion about his strike rate, but this season he has also given a befitting reply to his critics. In such a situation, wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has told the reason behind Virat scoring runs at a good strike rate this season. Let us tell you that Karthik was playing for RCB in IPL 2024 and he batted well in the last overs. However, now this player has given a big statement about Kohli.

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Karthik says that Virat gets inspiration from criticism and that is why he also gets passionate about such performance. Let us tell you that in IPL 2024, 35-year-old Virat scored more than 700 runs and his strike rate was also more than 150. With this, Kohli also won the Orange Cap this season and he has joined those players who won the Orange Cap twice in the history of IPL. Earlier, the right-handed batsman had also won this cap in the year 2016. Karthik has given a big statement on his performance during a recent conversation on Cricbuzz.

He said, “I can write a book on Kohli's performance this year. He started this season well but criticism from people like Simon Doull motivated him to take it forward. I think he is such a player who always keeps motivating himself to perform well. He likes to silence people and even if he does not say it openly, but this is the thing that increases his passion.”

Dinesh Karthik further said that “Virat Kohli has an aggressive nature and you don't want to go near him because he gives a befitting reply to it. You can talk about RCB's success this season but it is not possible without that man. I am not saying this about his batting but on the field also he inspires the fielders and keeps them in the match.”

Virat Kohli's performance in IPL 2024

The right-handed batsman scored a lot of runs in IPL 2024 and played an important role in taking his team to the playoffs. However, he faced defeat against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the eliminator match and with this his journey of this season came to an end. This season he played a total of 15 matches, scoring 741 runs at an average of 61.75 and a strike rate of over 150. During this, one century and 5 half-centuries came off his bat.

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