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    "excerpt": "On Thursday, shortly after Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord's, Babar Azam put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Pakistan captain Babar Azam had won a lot of hearts on social media after he tweeted his support for talismanic India batter Virat Kohli, who is going through a lean patch for nearly three years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On Thursday, shortly after Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord&#39;s, Babar put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men&#39;s T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as &quot;this too shall pass. Stay strong #viratkohli.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This too shall pass. Stay strong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ozr7BFFgXt\">pic.twitter.com\/ozr7BFFgXt<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Babar Azam (@babarazam258) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babarazam258\/status\/1547657073587933190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Soon after the tweet was released, many cricket fans started praising Babar for supporting Kohli. On the eve of Pakistan&#39;s first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, in a press conference, Babar revealed his reasons behind tweeting in favour of Kohli.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Definitely. See, as a player myself, I know you can go through such a phase (out of form). I also know what a player goes through in such a phase and how can one come out of it. In those times, you need support.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;As a player, I just tweeted thinking that it will give just some support. He is one of the best players. He is playing a lot (of cricket) and he knows how to come out of these situations. It takes time, if you back players, it will be really good.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli has not hit a century in international cricket since 2019. After missing the first ODI against England at The Oval due to a groin strain, Kohli made just 16 in the second match at Lord&#39;s, which India lost by 100 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It meant that the right-hander has been without a century in 77 consecutive international innings. Before the ODI series, Kohli had scores of 1 and 11 in the second and third T20Is and made 11 and 20 in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The ODI series decider match at Manchester on Sunday will provide Kohli a chance to get a big knock under his belt. After the end of England tour, Kohli will not be a part of India&#39;s white-ball tour of the West Indies, with his name missing from the three-match ODI series squad and five-match T20I series squad in the Caribbean.<\/p>\r\n",
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