Former Pakistan opener Salman Butt has questioned Team India’s selection policy as he pointed out irregularities in this regard Virat Kohli The rest have been getting in recent days. The Indian cricket team has been going through a transition phase ever since Kohli stepped down from the captaincy.
Kohli has been rested from the T20I series against Sri Lanka and South Africa. Recently, the BCCI announced a squad for the ODI series against West Indies, and the 33-year-old was rested along with skipper Rohit Sharma once again.
Kohli is going through an unusual phase where he is struggling to convert fifties into three-figure scores. He relinquished the captaincy to manage his workload, but that too has not gone down well for him so far.
Butt insisted that Kohli was not performing at his best and the selectors were only resting him for one series and picking him for the next series. He suggested that a player should get adequate amount of rest.
“Virat Kohli was already going through a lean phase. Kohli also lost the captaincy in all three formats. I don’t understand why the Test captaincy was taken away from him. He is being rested for one series and then brought back for the second series. Instead, a player should be rested for a considerable period of time and then be in the squad for all matches,” Butt said on his YouTube channel.
The former Pakistan captain further slammed the England media for targeting Kohli for his on-field brawl with Jonny Bairstow.
“You get hostile press in England and they never fail to seize moments like that. They want to capitalize on such incidents. Both Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow are very passionate cricketers and even though there has been a heated argument between them, it is confined to the field only.
Butt said that jokes are part of the game and Bairstow has already said that there is no dispute between the two cricketers.
Bairstow clarified in his press conference that the two are good friends and there is no such issue between them. These things are part of the game, especially when there are so many things at stake.
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