Ravi Shastri On Virat Kohli: The Indian star batter Virat Kohli dominated the Australian soil throughout his cricketing career, but in the last two ODIs, he registered a duck, and since then, his retirement talks have been on fire in the social media. The 36-year-old will be in the headlines once more in the last ODI in Sydney if he scores well, and if not. With Kohli being retired from Tests and T20Is, ODI is the only format where fans are witnessing him in the Indian jersey.
“Get Some Form Pretty Quickly”: Ravi Shastri On Virat Kohli
To this now the former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri feels that Virat Kohli needs to get some runs ‘pretty quickly’ in Australia, which is not going to be easy at all.
He said,
“He’ll have to get some form pretty quickly. The competition for places is such in India in white-ball cricket, no one is going to relax, whether it’s Virat or Rohit or anyone in the team. It’s not going to be easy; there is competition. He missed out again today; he was a little tentative with his footwork. It doesn’t happen often; his record in one-day cricket is phenomenal, so for him to get two ducks on the trot, he’ll be disappointed.”
“Rather Wait Than Jump & Judge Immediately”: Ravi Shastri Blunt Message To Virat Kohli
Currently, Virat Kohli is the third-highest run scorer in the ODIs, scoring 14,181 runs at an average of 57.41. The third and final ODI in Australia will be playing a crucial role for the Indian star batter to silence his critics.
Further, Ravi Shastri said,
“When you come back from a long layoff, you are obviously going to be rusty. It’s not easy for any overseas team to land in Australia, say, two days prior to a game in Perth and adjust to those conditions straight away, especially when you have that extra bounce and are against quality fast bowlers. But I think only time will tell. They’ll go to Adelaide; they have some time off to get into the nets, get their minds sorted, and get back into the action.”
“So I’m in no hurry to judge, but it’s when you come back at that age, after some time, it’s about how much you’re enjoying the sport and how much hunger and passion is left in you to play the game. So if you tick the boxes in two out of those three, especially the enjoyment part of it, then you can give them both time because they’ve got class, they’ve got experience, and a little bit of time will sort things out. But I’d rather wait than jump and judge immediately.”
IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli Received Standing Ovation
In the second ODI in Adelaide, Virat Kohli received a standing ovation from the crowd while being dismissed on a duck. To this response of fans and Virat Kohli, social media believed that this is the last match of him onAustralian soil, but there isn’t any official announcement on this yet.
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