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IPL 2023: When Virat Kohli bats, I always go and knock on my kids’ door – Michael Vaughan

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has revealed he asks his children to watch Virat Kohli bat so that they can pick up the nitty gritty of world class batting. Kohli is regarded as one of the best batters of the modern game and he ticks all the right boxes across the formats.

The talisman kicked off his IPL 2023 campaign on a high as he smashed a brilliant knock of 82 runs in the team’s opening fixture against Mumbai Indians while playing at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Sunday. Kohli has roared back into form in the recent past after going through a rough patch in the last few seasons.

Furthermore, Kohli is known to back his orthodox game in the T20 format and we hardly see him trying shots like reverse sweeps.

Vaughan said Kohli is the best player in the world when he bats like the way he did against Mumbai Indians.

Vaughan said on Cricbuzz, “When Virat Kohli bats, I always go and knock on my kids’ [door]. Generally, kids stay in the bedroom these days, they stay on the laptop or on tablets. I always go and say, ‘Come on! watch this’. Virat for me still, when he is playing like that, is the best player to watch in the world.

“He makes batting look so easy. Some of those strokes, his balance, his timing, all around the ground, the drives down the ground, over extra cover, that little flick off his hip for six, and those little kind of steering wheel shots through midwicket, he’s a joy to watch.”

Meanwhile, Vaughan also showered praise on RCB skipper Faf du Plessis, who scored a match-winning knock of 73 runs and was awarded Player of the Match. Du Plessis, 38, is still fit as a fiddle and Vaughan feels he has a body of a 25-year-old youngster.

“He [Faf du Plessis] may be 38 years in age, but his body is still 25. He’s fit and moves around the field as good as I’ve seen him for a long while. He’s a brilliant player, he gets that right hand into the game, and kind of shovels it into the onside.”

RCB will look to build on the momentum of this win in the upcoming matches. The Faf du Plessis-led team will next face KKR at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday.

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