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‘Tu hi sala Panauti hai’ - Fans slam Aakash Chopra for predicting Virat Kohli as highest scorer for Bangalore franchise in Indian T20 League 2023

Here is how fans have reacted to the bold prediction from the former cricketer on the performance of Virat Kohli for Bangalore in 2023

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Virat Kohli recently played for team India in the three-match ODI series against Australia. After becoming the highest run-scorer in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the Men in Blue, fans were expecting better performances from the former team India skipper. But, in the ODI series, he scored just 89 runs in three innings, including one fifty.

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Now, he will be seen in action for the Bangalore franchise in the Indian T20 League 2023. In the last edition, he scored just 341 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 22.73. Kohli smashed only two fifties in that season. Now, the former team India batter, Aakash Chopra came up with a bold prediction about the former team India skipper.

“He will score runs and then the team will look slightly stronger." - Aakash Chopra on Virat Kohli

While speaking on the "AakashVani" show on JioCinema, Aakash Chopra picked Virat Kohli as the highest run-scorer for the Bangalore franchise in the upcoming edition. He said: "Who will be the highest run-scorer for this team - Faf or Virat Kohli? I am going to go with Virat Kohli. Virat didn't score runs last year. It cannot happen every year, so he will score runs and then the team will look slightly stronger."

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"They have a very good captain in the form of Faf du Plessis. If we talk about the batting, Virat Kohli comes to open along with Faf du Plessis. They might not have a place for Anuj Rawat and then Rajat Patidar at No. 3, he has performed very well," Chopra further added. He also said that the franchise did well to get Michael Bracewell to replace injured Will Jacks for the upcoming edition.

"After that, they play Glenn Maxwell. Then they gave chances to Mahipal Lomror and Shahbaz Ahmed, and then comes Dinesh Karthik, who performs the finisher's role. The batting looks alright. Will Jacks went out and Michael Bracewell came in. Michael Bracewell is a gun player - understands the pulse of T20 cricket, a wonderful striker of the cricket ball although his bowling might work limitedly, especially at the Chinnaswamy," Chopra concluded. But, hearing such a bold prediction from the former cricketer, fans were not happy as they requested him not to jinx the performance of the star batter for the upcoming edition.

Here is how fans have reacted to the prediction from Chopra on Kohli:

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