Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin has backed out-of-form Virat Kohli to do properly in England, including that there’s nothing fallacious with the star batter’s approach and even one of the best cricketers undergo a foul section of their careers.
“When Kohli gets a 50, it seems he has failed, of course, he has not done much this year. Everybody, even the best, goes through a bad phase in their career. Kohli has been playing a lot of cricket and now that he has got a little break, hopefully, he will come back to form in England,” Azhar advised GulfNews.
Kohli has failed to attain a single worldwide hundred since India’s Day-Night Test towards Bangladesh on the Eden Gardens in November 2019. He had his worst season within the IPL, as he managed to attain 341 runs from 16 matches at 22.73 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli will be part of the India Test squad for the tour of England for the fifth Test match of final yr’s sequence.
“There is nothing wrong with his technique. Sometimes you also need a little bit of luck. If he gets one big score, a big hundred, the aggression and the confidence will come back,” added Azhar.
Azhar additionally hoped that all-rounder Hardik Pandya, after main Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2022 title not too long ago as captain, wants to indicate consistency for lengthy intervals.
“He has the ability, he has done well for the Indian team, but because of the injuries, he was not in the team consistently. He has come back now, he is bowling his four overs. How long he will bowl we really don’t know. But we definitely want him to bowl since he is an all-rounder,” he stated.
“In the IPL final (against Rajasthan Royals), he completely changed the game; three wickets in four overs, then he scored 34 quick runs. He is a good talent, just needs that consistency.”
India’s Test squad vs England: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain) Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
