If I was him I would have been looking at Shubman Gill thinking ‘he is chasing me down the rails’: Michael Vaughan on Virat Kohli’s strike rate

Michael Vaughan on Sunday gave his two cents on the ongoing debate about Virat Kohli’s strike rate in the T20s, comparing the Royal Challengers Bangalore superstar with Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill.
“People have been talking about Kohli’s strike rate as well and has been targeting him because he is that good. He can easily pump up his strike rate. It’s not criticism but it is giving him that belief to go on. If I was him I would have been looking at some of the youngers players like (Shubman) Gill and say, ‘wait a minute, they are chasing me down the rails’,” he said in a conversation with Cricbuzz.
Earlier this month, Simon Doull also commented on Kohli’s batting against the Lucknow Super Giants, saying, “Kohli was concerned about a personal milestone. He took 10 balls to score eight runs. Started off like a train, took 10 balls from 42-50 runs.”
Kohli has since then responded to the remarks, saying that the ‘anchor role’ in T20s is still important.
“Yeah for sure (important anchor role). I completely agree with that, There are many people who because they have not been in that situation themselves, they look at the game differently. Suddenly when the power play is done, they will be like ‘oh, they have started rotating the strike,” said Kohli during an interview with Robin Uthappa on JioCinema.
“I’m not thinking about strike rate. Oh my strike rate must be 160 plus or anything. I play T20 cricket for according to the situation. If situation demands I can play 230 strike rate and I can do this any day. I always play for my team & not for myself,” he added.