2 to Virat Kohli on Sunday. suffered another batting failure duringRa Chasing a mammoth target of 216 runs in the T20I match against England in Nottingham, the visitors suffered a terrible collapse of the top order. Players like Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Virat were back in the hut inside the powerplay. Later, Suryakumar Yadav, who scored his first international score, and Shreyas Iyer put on a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket. However, his dismissal ensured England’s 17-run victory in the final game of the 3-match series.
India may have won the series 2-1 but Kohli’s form has brought him into the limelight once again. His streak of poor form continued after scoring just 12 runs in two T20Is after managing to score 31 runs in two innings in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston.
The former cricketer has been consistently speaking about Kohli’s struggle with the bat across all formats. After India’s loss in Nottingham, former bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad expressed through a tweet that the out of form should be dropped from the team. He said that Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan had experienced the same during their playing days.
“There was a time when you were out of form, regardless of reputation you were dropped. Sourav, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Bhajji have all been dropped for not being in form. They have gone back to domestic cricket, scored runs and made a comeback,” tweeted Prasad.
“It seems the norms have changed a lot now where there is a rest to be out of form. This is no way to progress. There is so much talent in the country and cannot play with prestige. One of India’s greatest match winners, Anil Kumble sat out on several occasions, needing action for the greater good,” he said.
A lot has changed now, where there is comfort in being out of form. This is no way to progress. There is so much talent in the country and cannot play with prestige. One of India’s greatest match winners, Anil Kumble sat out on multiple occasions, needs action for the greater good
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) 10 July 2022
the former India Opener Virender Sehwag also shared similar thoughts about out-of-form players on Twitter. Without mentioning any specific name, he suggested that the Indian team management needs to find a way to play the best players available in the shortest format of the game.
“India have a lot of batsmen who can go ahead from the start, some of them are sitting out unfortunately. There is a need to find a way to play the best available players in current form in T20 cricket. #IndvEn,” tweeted Sehwag.
There are a lot of batsmen in India who can lead from the start, some of them are sitting out unfortunately. There is a need to find a way to play the best available players in current form in T20 cricket. #IndvEng
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) 10 July 2022
Meanwhile, Indian skipper Rohit expressed concern about Kohli’s form in the press after the match on Sunday. He said that the quality of the player never deteriorates. He said a quality player cannot be sidelined if times are running out.
“And all the batsmen who are part of this squad are ready to take extra risks and go see what extra they can do with the bat. You know, it’s important to search within yourself, to try and do a variety of things and you’ll never find out until you try. So, I think that’s something that we’ve been trying to do for a while.
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