After the ODI World Cup heartbreak, the Indian team will start their bid for reclaiming the T20 World Cup later this year. In a run that stretches back to 2013, Indian men’s team has consistently performed well in the ICC events only to falter at the final hurdle.
India haven’t won a global ICC in a decade now despite stars including the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah.
India legend Harbhajan Singh feels that the ongoing year will mark the beginning of a new chapter in Kohli’s illustrious career.
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Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Kohli isn’t a certainty for the 2024 T20 World Cup and the selectors may instead take younger, more aggressive batters.
Harbhajan, however, refuses to believe that the 35-year-old batting maestro will let that come to pass.
Speaking on his official YouTube channel, Harbhajan has prophesied Kohli to have a brilliant IPL 2024 season and carry that form into the T20 World Cup.
“The IPL is coming and then there is the World Cup. Virat Kohli’s bat will make the same noise as before, probably louder. Of course, Virat has that World Cup trophy (on mind). He last won it when he was not Virat but Cheeku (Kohli’s nickname). He won the World Cup in his first attempt but that’s the funny part about fortune. But from there, Kohli went on to become such a big player but without a World Cup – he played 2015, 2019 and now 2023 too. But still the trophy hasn’t come home, so he would be lamenting it,” Harbhajan said.
“A player like Virat Kohli not winning a World Cup? I can’t digest it. No matter how many records he makes, how many runs he scores, as far as I know, his hunger will never diminish. And a major part of it is to lift that shiny trophy. Every player’s ultimate dream is to win a World Cup trophy. Your records remain for you until the end. But people don’t remember records; they remember trophies,” he added.
Kohli has won two ICC trophies with India’s senior team – the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. However, the 2013 Champions Trophy, Kohli has been part of the Indian teams which went on to lose five finals in ICC events (2014 T20 World Cup, 2017 Champions Trophy, 2023 World Cup plus the 2021 and 2023 World Test Championship finals) and made as many as four semi-final exits (2015 World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup, 2019 World Cup, and 2022 T20 World Cup).
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