Most importantly, for someone who has got a reputation of being a big match player, his failures in India’s knockout matches against Bangladesh and Australia added to the team’s woes. While India managed to get past Bangladesh in the quarter-final, they went down too easily against the Aussies in the semi-final – leading to their elimination from the tournament.
That his girlfriend Anushka Sharma was at the stadium during the match against Australia at the SCG – one in which he scored just a solitary run – didn’t go down well with a section of fans, who started blaming the Bollywood actress for being a distraction to Kohli.
Kohli’s former national teammate and 2011 World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh has called for the fans to respect the 26-year-old, who is one of India’s leading batsmen, and his personal life. He also expressed faith in Kohli finding his touch back soon. He took to his Twitter account to say:
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