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What Virat Kohli’s five runs from nine balls say about India’s batting

India’s Virat Kohli reacts as he leaves the field after losing his wicket during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket match between the United States and India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP /PTI)

Three innings, nine balls, five runs. The numbers tell a sad story about Virat Kohli’s World Cup. But if there’s a Kohli story that the cold numbers don’t tell, it’s how he was central to India’s brave new philosophy in this T20 World Cup. So far he has failed to translate the gung-ho approach into concrete actions, but that is only incidental in the bigger picture of how India is embracing the modern ethos without completely leaving the old guard behind. Against Afghanistan in the Super Eight match in Barbados on Thursday, captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid’s bold kick would be put to the test. (READ MORE)

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