Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 9: Virat Kohli, the former captain of India, is currently having trouble with the bat after going nearly three years without recording a century. It has been recommended that Kohli take a vacation from cricket by a number of current and past players, which may be good for him.
Even though Kohli may be one of the best players of his time, according to former Indian pacer Karsan Ghavri, he must continue to score runs if he wants to remain in the team for the T20 World Cup.
“World Cup is far away. He has to prove his form in the current series. These days you can’t play for long riding on your name. Virat is a great player but only his name will not work. He has to perform and score runs. This is how it goes. Everybody understands that he is going through a rough patch and it happens with every player. He has the hunger for runs, hunger for success in his heart but his personal form is quite disappointing,” Ghavri said during a chat on Jagran.
Ghavri emphasised that while Kohli prefers to score runs on the off side, the 33-year-old batsman has lost his wicket while chasing the balls outside of off stump.
“Virat Kohli is such a great player for India but unfortunately for the last two years, we have seen him getting caught behind or caught in the slips while chasing the delivery outside the off stump. He has to look at this and improve. He has to restrict those shots because if he keeps going like this and getting out and not getting runs, there comes a question mark – why is he not scoring?” he said.
Even though Kohli is among the world’s fittest cricketers, Ghavri believes that if he doesn’t score runs, questions would be asked about it.
“Age has got nothing to do with sports as long as you are fit enough to compete. But if you are not doing well and you are 35, then people will start questioning you,” he further stated.
