VIRAT KOHLI
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli will come out all guns blazing after a five-month-long break from any kind of competitive cricket. He was seen improving his fitness in the lockdown and did not look out of sorts in the nets just before IPL 2020. One would expect Kohli to lead by example and fire up his team to go hard and hold the trophy for the first time in RCB colors.
The highest run-getter in the IPL has a knack of rotating the strike while building an innings and going big in the death overs. In UAE, this strategy would be ideal irrespective of whether the team is batting first or second. Slow pitches do not allow the batsmen to settle in quickly and Kohli can make use of his superior stamina and running between the wickets to milk the bowlers early in his innings.
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The 31-year-old has been scoring over 400 runs each season for the past five years except 2017. In 2016, he had the best IPL season for any batsman as he scored a record 973 runs in 16 games. He averaged 81.08 and scored runs at a strike rate of 152.03. He registered a record 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries in the year.
The RCB skipper would be looking forward to replicating his feat and be a force to reckon with in IPL 2020. He will also have the crucial job of handling his bowlers well, who will be battling the heat, pitches, and the batsmen.
