Subhechcha Ganguly 
You can criticise Virat Kohli as much as you like. Say whatever you want about him. However, there is no question about it—he is India’s top batter by a wide margin.Panting is Virat Kohli. He’s on his hands and knees, drenched in perspiration. It makes sense given that he just took back-to-back doubles while batting in the intense Mumbai heat. So what if he’s the formidable Virat Kohli, who has achieved previously unheard-of levels of fitness? Being a father himself, he is also affected by father time.
Kohli is aware that he has work to do, though. It was up to Kohli to get the side out of a 4/1 situation after Rohit Sharma, the guy who had been driving the pace the entire time, was out on the opening ball of the innings. He digs deep, bats out of his skin, and pushes the score to 196 over the following 31 overs, missing out on the dreaded 49th century that the nation is fixated on.Three days later, the circumstances are more difficult and the occasion—Kohli’s 35th birthday—even more significant. While the sun is peeking out, the humidity is unbearable. After hitting 40 off of 24 balls, Rohit did what he does best—he gave the ball to Kohli to knock South Africa out of the game.
This is neither Dharamsala, Wankhede, or even Lucknow, to be precise. With every over, the pitch at Eden Gardens becomes increasingly parched.He learned how to bat from Shoaib Malik, and slow left-arm bowlers were his worst enemy. And yet, Kohli delivered a spin hitting masterclass against two of the CWC ’23’s most potent spinners. Kohli found it challenging to penetrate the field when facing Tabraiz Shamsi and Maharaj. In fact, between Shreyas Iyer’s 12 runs off 35 deliveries and his final 77 off 87, Kohli found himself cheering his partner’s runs more than his own, underscoring the difficulty the spinners presented.
