India bowled first in the T20 World Cup Super Eight match that day. South Africa scored 187 runs. Later, team India was bowled out for just 111 runs. India lost the match by a big margin of 76 runs. This big loss could deal a big blow to India’s chances of reaching the semi-finals.

Sehwag criticized Indian batting. He said without hesitation, the team’s batting was disappointing. Especially top order super flops.

Sehwag cited Virat Kohli as an example. According to him, Kohli knows how to chase such big runs! He said every batsman had a chance to be ‘Kohli’ against South Africa, but none could take that responsibility and lead the team to victory.

He said, “Indian team has won by chasing more than 160 runs only when Kohli ran Apart from that, India have never won a World Cup by chasing more than 160 runs. And most times he was not out—80*, 60* or 50*—Kohli finished the match. Who finished the match against South Africa? Has any batter finished the match in this World Cup? Yesterday many had the opportunity to be ‘Virat Kohli’”.

He added, “Tilak Varma had a chance. Suryakumar Yadav had a chance. Shivam Dube had a chance. Hardik Pandya had a chance. Somebody has to be Virat Kohli. Somebody has to finish the match. Somebody has to learn—how Kohli used to finish the match. We talk about strike rate. OK, I agree strike rate is important. But when chasing runs, the scoreboard is in front. Then you can win the match if you understand the situation. Then strike rate. It’s not that important. So I think the players have to take responsibility.”