Hafeez reckoned that Kohli slowed down in a bid to reach his personal milestone of 49th ODI hundred, equalling Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Hafeez said that instead of picking up singles in the death overs, Kohli should have gone for some big shots. Former England captain Michael Vaughan has blasted Pakistan’s ex-cricketer Mohammad Hafeez for calling Virat Kohli ‘selfish’
Mohammad Hafeez: ‘I saw sense of selfishness in Virat Kohli’s batting and this happened for the third time in this World Cup. In the 49th over, he was looking to take a single to reach his own hundred and he didn’t put the team first’.
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“I saw a sense of selfishness in Virat Kohli’s batting and this happened for the third time in this World Cup. In the 49th over, he was looking to take a single to reach his own hundred and he didn’t put the team first. Rohit Sharma could have played selfish cricket too, but he didn’t because he is playing for Team India and not for himself,” Hafeez was quoted as saying earlier. Kohli got to his hundred off 119 balls and also won the Player of the Match after the Men in Blue hammered the Proteas by 243 runs at the venue in the City of Joy. Kohli also became the third batter after Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma to score over 500 runs for the Indian men’s team in a single edition of the World Cup. Kohli also scored his second hundred in the ongoing mega event after he got to the three-figure score against Bangladesh on November 19 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune.
Michael Vaughan: Come on India have hammered 8 teams playing great cricket ..now has 49 tons and his last was an anchor role innings on a tricky pitch .. His team won by over 200 !!!! This is utter nonsense .
Yes, Kohli is selfish’: Venkatesh Prasad slams Mohammad Hafeez for his remark
Hearing funny arguments about Virat Kohli being Selfish and obsessed with personal milestone. Yes Kohli is selfish, selfish enough to follow the dream of a billion people, selfish enough to strive for excellence even after achieving so much, selfish enough to set new benchmarks, selfish enough to ensure his team wins. Yes, Kohli is selfish.
Kohli had the task of reconstructing the innings after India lost the quick wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Kohli put his head down to notch his fifty off 67 balls after which he reached his three-figure score off 119 deliveries. The 35-year-old Kohli, in the meantime, was slammed and called selfish. The criticism did not go down well with Prasad, who lauded the Indian batter for “setting new benchmarks” and following his dreams.
Kohli scored his 49th hundred and equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most hundreds in the history of ODIs. He also completed 6000 runs at home and 3000 runs against South Africa across all forms of international cricket.Kohli went on to win the Player of the Match award after India won the match by a mammoth margin of 243 runs at the iconic venue in the City of Joy.With the win, India also made sure they will finish at the top of the points table regardless of the result in their last match against the Netherlands at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.Earlier, India made their way through to the semis after beating Sri Lanka by 302 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In that game, Kohli scored 88 runs before Dilshan Madushanka accounted for his wicket.