“If things heat up…”: USA Star’s massive statement before facing Virat Kohli in T20 World Cup game

US pace star Ali Khan appears to have rolled up his sleeves to face the Indian cricket team and its star player Virat Kohli on Wednesday. India will face the USA in a T20 World Cup match in New York. US pacer Ali Khan, who will play for the US team against India, has his own plans to counter Kohli’s aggression on the ground. Ali is not intimidated by the Indian star and is willing to “play fire with fire”.

“Well, Virat Kohli, of course, has always been one of the favorites and facing him and playing against him will be very, very good,” Ali Khan told Star Sports.

“He’s very passionate on the field, but so am I. On the field, if things get hot, they get hot. I mean, you play fire with fire. He’s up there. He, you know, they call him King Kohli for a reason,” he added.

India’s batting prima donnas would like to free themselves from the vagaries of a much-maligned track and risk their guns freely against the impressive but inexperienced USA in their T20 World Cup group league game on Wednesday.

India, ranked A1 (regardless of points), need just one more win to secure their place in the Super Eight and despite the ambiguous nature of the Nassau County track, would not want a repeat of the match against Pakistan where they they lost their last seven wickets for 28 runs.

Against the US, the approach could be high risk, like Pakistan, but perhaps with higher dividends.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Sir.

United States: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir.