Rohit Sharma vs Virat Kohli - Performance and record in T20 World Cup

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli haven't been at their best in the T20 World Cup 2024 so far. While Rohit's form has fallen off the cliff after the Ireland game, Kohli is yet to turn up and there have been four innings till now. Let's take a comparative look at both players' record in T20 World Cup history-

It has been a horrible start for Virat Kohli in the T20 World Cup 2024 so far with scores of 1, 4, 0 and 24 in four matches

Virat Kohli, who took his intent to a different level in the IPL, just seems to be caught between two minds as to whether he should take on the bowling from ball one or just take a few balls and then play the ball on its merit

Despite his torrid run of form in the ongoing T20 World Cup, Kohli still has an average of 65 in the tournament and is still the leading run-getter in history of the competition

Virat Kohli has been the Player of the Tournament twice in the T20 World Cup and was the leading run-getter last time around in Australia in 2022 and matter of time before he hits his top form

Skipper Rohit Sharma had a phenomenal start with a 37-ball 52 against Ireland on the New York pitch but since then has fallen off the cliff with scores of 13, 3 and 8 in the last three matches

Left-arm seam still poses a threat to Rohit as he has been dismissed by Shaheen Afridi, Saurabh Netravalkar and now Fazalhaq Farooqi as his already middling T20 World Cup record keeps getting worse

Overall, Rohit averages 33.5 scoring 1039 runs in T20 World Cup, a just a bit over half of what Kohli has and the strike rate of 126 is also lesser than that of his predecessor

The pitches have challenged Rohit's intent and technique against left-arm pace bowling but the skipper will hope to get a few scores under the belt and lead from the front

With the combination the Indian team has decided to go with, it seems like Rohit and Kohli will continue to open for India but they have to quickly hit their straps, at least India will hope so