Former Australia pacer Brett Lee believes that Virat Kohli can consider taking a break, refreshing the mind and working on a few things.
Kohli’s average campaign in IPL-15 came to an end after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s seven-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier in Ahmedabad on Friday.
“Should I say it’s a concern, I do. I want him (Kohli) to score more runs for sure.”
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Kohli, who hasn’t scored an international century for almost three years, is battling the worst slump of his career, scoring 341 runs in 16. IPL Games below an average of 22.73. In the current IPL, he started the innings of RCB in most matches.
In the second qualifier, Kohli chased down a fast, rising delivery from pacer Pramak Krishna, wide outside the off-stump, to hand a simple catch to Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson behind the stumps.
“The hardest thing is when Virat Kohli Does not score runs, usually the team does not perform well. When we see that Kohli had that purple patch when he scored 800-900 runs in that season (IPL 2016), his team (Royal Challengers Bangalore) did very well. We want more from Kohli.
“A strong Kohli is a strong team. Unfortunately he missed the semi-finals; He could not get his team to cross the line of his bat by scoring less than 10 runs.
“Maybe (this) is a chance for Kohli to go back and work on some things and maybe take a break from cricket. Just get away and just refresh your mind,” said Lee, who is the brand ambassador of ‘Sportsbet.io’.
Around this time last year, Lee picked Kohli and Australia seamer Pat Cummins as the best batsman and bowler in the world.
Asked who his favorite Test batsman is, Lee said in an interview with the ICC, “When you look at the recent greats, it’s hard to look at Virat Kohli.”
Impressed by the fast bowling talent in India
This Indian Premier League has seen the rise of young fast bowlers like Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Kamran Malik, Mukesh Choudhary, Arshdeep Singh and the 45-year-old Lee, who has 310 Test wickets, believed that it would work then. can come when the country plays T20 World Cup in Australia.
“Two Khan boys (Mohsin and Avesh) have found real talent. One thing Indian cricket is building up is a good list of fast bowlers. I like it.
“They have good spin options as well, but of course if you are looking at the T20 World Cup in Australia, you need players who can bowl fast on bouncy wickets,” Lee said.
Fast bowler Umran Malik should play longer format
One of the biggest discoveries of IPL is Malik, who consistently bowled at 150 kmph and took 22 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“Look he has been brilliant, what Umran Malik does is pure speed. I wish him well and I hope he gets a chance to play in the longer format of the game as well.
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