Former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar heaped praise on Virat Kohli while watching his bat on fire in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Kohli is currently the leading run-scorer with 220 runs in 4 matches with the help of three unbeaten fifties.
The dashing right-hander found his mojo back in the Asia Cup 2022 in the UAE after struggling across formats for almost two years, and since then he has continued his sublime form with the bat.
Having been impressed with Kohli’s form with the bat, Bangar made a very interesting comparison between him and Sachin Tendulkar, saying the legends always set the big stage on fire and that's what the former Indian skipper is doing in Australia.
Sanjay Bangar said during the Cricket Live Show on Star Sports: “All great batsmen look up to these tournaments as marquee events in the sense that they love the big stage. They love to perform when the eyes of the world are on them. That's what they train for.”
The former batting coach continued, “It gives them that opportunity to try and raise their game that much more. We saw that when I was playing with Sachin Tendulkar and now with Virat Kohli.”
Notably, Tendulkar was India’s leading run scorer in the 1996, 2003, and 2011 editions of the ODI World Cup and played a key role in the team’s historic World Cup triumph at home. On the other hand, Kohli made his World Cup debut in 2011, and since then he has performed well in the big events.
Bangar signed off by saying, “In his first World Cup, in 2011, he had a role to play, but that was not the major one. After that, he is somebody on whom the team has depended quite a bit and can relate to him in terms of how India finishes in major tournaments. He is obviously one who looks forward to the World Cup, and if he has played for this long, obviously all the records are going to tumble.”
