Rohit Sharma has made it clear that he will back Virat Kohli for the final despite his low scores in the ongoing T-20 World Cup. Virat Kohli’s below-par tournament continued in the semi-final against England as well.

Kohli took his run tally to a disappointing 75 runs in seven games with a run-a-ball knock of nine before Reece Topley cramped him for a big shot and hit the top of leg stump.

“Look, he (Virat Kohli) is a quality player, any player can go through that,” Sharma said in defence of his ace batter. 

“Form is never a problem when you play for 15 years. I guess he is saving it for the final,” he said. 

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma’s sublime form continued in the tournament on difficult pitches and counter-charged on a yet another tough wicket for batters before heavy rain took the players off the field for another 73 minutes when India had reached 65-2 after eight overs.

Sharma reached his 50 after the resumption of play with a swept six over fine leg off Sam Curran, and Yadav hammered the left-arm fast bowler to point for a six before both exited in successive overs. Sharma was undone by a googly from Adil Rashid (1-25) in his last over and was clean-bowled. 

Spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav then combined in for 6-42 through some sharp turners as England got bowled out for 103 in 16.3 overs on a skiddy, low pitch devoid of grass to bow out of the tournament.

India will face South Africa on Saturday at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados in a battle of the two unbeaten teams of the tournament.