Look at this Kohli over

. Hazlewood to Kohli, no run, Hazlewood returns and bowls a slower ball on a good length just outside off, a cutter, Kohli tried to hit through cover but missed

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, two more, this is incredible running, Kohli steps out and flicks the ball off his toes, he and Dhoni are absolutely steaming between the wickets.

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, driven to deep cover and there's no problem with the running between the wickets anymore, Dhoni and Kohli race through for two, they are turning it on now

. Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR, incredible placement! Kohli steps out to a short of a length ball and whips it with lovely use of his wrists, generating lots of power and piercing the gap between long on and deep midwicket

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, another fumble in the field, Finch at deep cover this time, Kohli is able to convert his cracking cover drive for a single into two runs

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, short of a length and straight, Kohli pulls to deep midwicket and takes on Maxwell's arm! He dives desperately to make his crease but the throw from Maxwell was wide of the stumps

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That's 12 risk free runs. In the next over he hit 4 risk free fours.

He's the only great T20 batsman who doesn't rely on insane slogging.

Also, he's hit 11 fifties and 3 scores of 40s in his last 20 innings.

His last 20 innings in this format:

36*, 54, 57*, 23, 72*, 77, 66, 43, 1, 90*, 59*, 50, 7, 49, 56*, 41*, 23, 55*, 24, 82*.

Virat Kohli is some player!In the high pressure situations shows what type of player you are and he does it time and time again!

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His last 20 innings in this format:
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21st to be repeated on Thursday

I had to post that Faulkner over on the DownUnda Australia fan thread  ;D

Virat Kohli is beyond phenomenal.

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He's the only great T20 batsman who doesn't rely on insane slogging.
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Kohli now averaging a modest 91.80 in 19 T20 run chases. Not too shabby.  :o

There was a fantastic interview with Kumar Sangakkara on Sky the other day with similar comments. He actually grouped Root and Williamson in with Kohli as batsman that play conventional shots in T20 cricket and don't rely on slogging, something that makes them so great in all three formats of the game.

The full interview can be seen below. It's always great to hear Sanga speak.

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/spo...17-batting

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. Hazlewood to Kohli, no run, Hazlewood returns and bowls a slower ball on a good length just outside off, a cutter, Kohli tried to hit through cover but missed

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, two more, this is incredible running, Kohli steps out and flicks the ball off his toes, he and Dhoni are absolutely steaming between the wickets.

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, driven to deep cover and there's no problem with the running between the wickets anymore, Dhoni and Kohli race through for two, they are turning it on now

. Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR, incredible placement! Kohli steps out to a short of a length ball and whips it with lovely use of his wrists, generating lots of power and piercing the gap between long on and deep midwicket

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, another fumble in the field, Finch at deep cover this time, Kohli is able to convert his cracking cover drive for a single into two runs

. Hazlewood to Kohli, 2 runs, short of a length and straight, Kohli pulls to deep midwicket and takes on Maxwell's arm! He dives desperately to make his crease but the throw from Maxwell was wide of the stumps

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That's 12 risk free runs. In the next over he hit 4 risk free fours.

He's the only great T20 batsman who doesn't rely on insane slogging.
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I basically gave up on the match. Yuvraj was not looking well. Then Dhoni came and with his wisdom and Kohli's exceptional talent they took the match.
Also those 12 runs came with just a single boundary. You can bet those two players can run a lot. If yuvraj was there those 2 runs wouldn't be possible.

YV should have retired hurt right at the injury!  He nearly caused India that game. 

Surprised the media hasn't picked up that Virat has 5 more tweets than Sachin.