Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli tweets to thank Babar Azam for supporting him
India's premier batsman Virat Kohli has thanked Pakistani captain Babar Azam for supporting him when the cricket maestro is struggling to score runs on the field.
While many are questioning Kohli's place in the T20 side, Azam had tweeted, "This too shall pass. Stay strong."
Kohli Saturday responded to the tweet saying, "Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best."
Missing the first ODI against England with a groin injury, Kohli made just 16 in the second match, which India lost by 100 runs at Lord's Thursday.
The right-hander has now gone 77 consecutive international innings without reaching three figures, after scores of 1 and 11 in the T20I series and failures in the rescheduled fifth Test.
Kohli has not hit a century since 2019.
Earlier in the week, Kohli also found support from captain Rohit Sharma, who stood up for his teammate ahead of the England ODIs.
"When someone is scoring consistently for so long, we can’t overlook his contribution if he is not scoring in one or two series or in one or two years," Sharma told reporters ahead of the ODI series with England.
"When someone is scoring consistently for so long, we can’t overlook his contribution if he is not scoring in one or two series or in one or two years. We know the importance of Virat Kohli. The experts have got all the right to talk about it but for us these things don’t matter," he added.
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