Former India captain Kapil Dev feels that if a bowler of the caliber of Ravichandran Ashwin can be dropped from the playing XI of the Test team, then even Virat Kohli is no longer indispensable in T20Is after a prolonged bad patch .
Kohli has not been scoring big runs for almost three years now and the World Cup-winning all-rounder feels that the Indian team management will suffer if the in-form players are not given enough opportunities to showcase their skills.
“Yes, now the situation is such that you may be forced to drop Kohli from the T20 playing XI. If the world number two bowler Ashwin can be dropped from the Test team, then the world number one batsman can also be dropped. Kapil told ABP News.
Kapil had no hesitation in saying that Kohli looks like a shadow of his old self at the moment.
“Virat is not batting at the level we have seen him do over the years. He has earned a name from his performance but if he is not performing well then you cannot keep performing youngsters out of the team. The great cricketer said.
He wants to see a healthy competition for a place in the team with young players posing challenges for the star players.
I want to compete in a positive sense to make a place in the team that these young players try to outperform Virat. They said.
Kapil feels that if Kohli is ‘rested’ for the West Indies T20Is, it will be considered a ‘drop’.
“You can call it rest and someone else will call it fallen. Every person will have his own point of view. Obviously, if the selectors don’t pick him (Kohli), it could be because some of the big players are not performing. he saw.
Notably, Kohli has been rested from the upcoming ODI series against West Indies and is likely to be overlooked for the T20I series as well.
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For Kapil, the playing XI should be selected on the basis of current form and not on the basis of past reputation.
“When you have a lot of options, play the player in form.” Kapil said.
“You can’t just go by prestige but you have to look for current form. You may be an established player, but that doesn’t mean you will be given chances even if you fail in five matches in a row. He concluded.
Meanwhile, Kohli has joined Team India ahead of the second T20I between India and England to be played at Edgbaston on Saturday (July 9). However, it may be difficult for the former India captain to make a straight return to the playing XI as India, along with their second team in the first T20, beat Jos Buttler’s England by a huge margin of 50 runs and the management could avoid it. . Change the winning combination.