Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli had made an excellent return to form last year after an extended patch of low scores earlier in 2022. Kohli made a century in the Asia Cup game against Afghanistan that ended nearly a three-year wait for triple-figure mark in international cricket; the batter proceeded to produce one of the best T20I knocks in history during the T20 World Cup, then, as he scored an unbeaten 82 off 53 deliveries in the group game against Pakistan.