MI vs RCB: "Game Has Moved On From Virat Kohli's Batting Template With Impact Player" - Tom Moody

Former SunRisers Hyderabad Coach Tom Moody has said that Virat Kohli‘s batting template may have become obsolete in the IPL with the introduction of the Impact Player rule following RCB’s loss to DC on Saturday.

In the match against DC, Kohli scored his sixth fifty of the IPL 2023 and became the first batter in the competition to achieve 7000 runs. However, the top batter’s strike rate was brought up again as RCB scored 181 in 20 overs.

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In the IPL 2023 match at home on Saturday, Phil Salt stood out as the game’s best player as Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets. As Delhi completed the challenging 182 chases in 16.4 overs, the opener struck 87(45). He and his captain David Warner gave Delhi a blistering start, adding 60 runs in 5.1 overs before Warner was dismissed for 22 (14).

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Then Mitchell Marsh joined the action Earlier, after electing to bat, Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror each scored magnificent fifty that helped RCB reach 181/4 in 20 overs. Lomror scored 54 unbroken runs off 29 balls to return, and Kohli added 55 (46).and continued to up the ante. After being expelled for violation of clause 26(17), Rilee Rossouw left. The batter hit 35 without being stopped in 22 balls.

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“Maybe Virat Kohli could have accelerated a bit” – Tom Moody

Tom Moody, a former SunRisers Hyderabad coach, said that perhaps Virat Kohli could have accelerated a bit. According to the former SRH coach, the Impact Player rule has rendered Kohli’s batting style unnecessary because it gives teams the required depth to reach high-scoring totals.

“It’s an interesting one. We will always have this debate because it is the Virat Kohli template. It’s the way he bats. His career strike rate is around 130. His ability to continue to churn out runs is quite extraordinary. But did they get as many as they could have? If he took his foot a little off the brake and went with Lomror, and tried to target a boundary and over himself, we will never know,” Tom Moody said in a conversation with espncricinfo.

“But maybe he also felt that whilst the other end was flying along, his role was to feed that other end. But in my view, particularly with the impact player, the game has really moved on from that style of cricket. That’s why we are seeing so many totals go to 200+. There is no such role. We all need to be going here at 150+ without a doubt because we have the comfort of depth,” Tom Moody added.

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Phil Salt scored 87 runs off 45 balls as Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets.

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