Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh thinks his ex-teammate Virat Kohli still has “unfinished business” to settle.
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Singh on Kohli’s ‘unfinished business’
Kohli has established himself as one of the best batters in the world, and his accolades and style of play would back that up.
However, Singh said that Kohli, 35, still wants to win a trophy in the World Cup.
“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 (unfinished business). That World Cup trophy,” Singh said on his YouTube channel.
Kohli last won the Cricket World Cup title in 2011 after India defeated Sri Lanka in the finals.
Since then, the right-hand batter has yet to lead India to a World Cup and ICC trophy.
News publications reported that Kohli may not be part of India’s T20 World Cup squad to make way for younger players.
The job ain’t done
Singh believes Kohli will not retire unless he lifts a World Cup silverware.
“He last won it when he was not ‘Virat’ (great). 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 in 2015, 2019, and now 2023 too. But still, the trophy hasn’t come home, so he would be lamenting it,” Singh said.
“No matter how many records he scripts, 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.”
