Ex-Pak cricketer Mohammad Hafeez stands by 'selfish' remark on Virat Kohli during 2023 ODI World Cup: ‘I was right’

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Club Prairie Fire podcast, Mohammad Hafeez said he was right at that time on calling Kohli selfish. The padcast also included players including Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist. When he was asked on his comments on Kohli, he said, “I think I was right that time.

If you see the whole context... to me, no matter who is playing, your intention should always be to win the game. To me, your intent should always remain the same to do whatever's the best way you can add value to the team."“If someone stops himself from playing big shots in the 90s, I will never take it.

After 95, if someone is taking five balls to get to his hundred, and if his intention changes after the hundred... why couldn't he play the same shot when he was on 95 or 92?"“Because to me, your intent should always remain the same to do whatever best possible way you can add that value in your team. In that game, I felt, Virat took a lot of balls to get to his hundred and he was not playing big shots."He added, “If you go through his century once again, mabe you will realise what I was saying.

To me, personal milestones should go away from cricket. Your 50, 100 or a 5-wicket, we don't want to watch it if that is not on the winning cause, because in the game of cricket even one run matter the most."“I saw sense of selfishness in Virat Kohli’s batting and this happened for the third time in this World Cup. In the 49th over, he was looking to take a single to reach his own hundred and he didn’t put the team first," the former Pakistan captain had said on a cricket show Top Cricket Analysis.