ODI World Cup 2023: The final match of World Cup 2023 between Team India and Australia will be played tomorrow. The winning team of World Cup 2023 will be announced from this match. Cricket pundits are constantly talking about the strengths and weaknesses of both the teams.
In this series, some former players are also calling Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli as the X factor in the final match. Former all-rounder Suresh Raina, a veteran player of Team India, has also given a statement. During the conversation with RevSportz, he praised Virat a lot. Raina has also predicted when his next century will come from his bat.
‘Virat Kohli is a big match player’- Suresh Raina
Former Team India cricketer Suresh Raina said, ‘Virat Kohli is a big match player’. He has always shown great play in big matches. In the semi-final match we saw his 50th century with the bat. Can you imagine that we can see his 51st ODI with his bat in the final match. Virat likes to score runs against Australia. He has scored eight centuries in ODIs against this team. I have full hope that he will score a century in the next match also.
Raina also talked about Mohammed Shami who is performing well. He said, ‘What a bowler. Seam and swing… everything great.
Performance of Virat and Shami in World Cup 2023
Virat Kohli has scored a total of 10 runs in this tournament so far in which he has scored 711 runs in 10 innings at an average of 101.57. Kohli is the first batsman to score the most runs in the ongoing tournament. While playing 6 matches in this tournament, Mohammed Shami has taken maximum 23 wickets in six innings at an average of 9.13.