New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif hailed Indian batting icon Virat Kohli for his recent run of scorching form in ODI cricket, saying that he plays the format as if playing a "Delhi local league" and if he stays motivated, he culd go on playing India for next five or six years, beyond the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Runs continued to flow from Virat's willow as he registered his seventh successive score of fifty-plus straight, scoring 93 in 91 balls against New Zealand during the first ODI at Vadodara on Sunday. With two more ODIs to go, fans will be hoping he makes it nine fifty-plus scores in a row, preferably the next two scores being centuries.

Without compromising on his calculated and chanceless approach t...