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Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar feels it is excessive time for India stalwart Virat Kohli to get some runs and overcome his “weakness” of edging it away on outdoors off stump deliveries. Australian pacers have exploited Virat by tempting him to drive the skin off-stump supply all through the 4 Checks of the continued Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Regardless of all his batting approach prowess, Virat’s six dismissals within the sequence have adopted the identical sample, going after the skin off-stump deliveries. Aside from his century in Perth, Virat’s wrestle to take care of his self-discipline has been the basis trigger behind his bleak outings with the bat.
“It’s time that he not only got runs but got out in a different fashion to show that he’s overcome that problem. I’ve never seen somebody with the kind of performance and impact that Virat Kohli had on Test cricket have this kind of weakness,” Manjrekar stated on ESPNcricinfo.
“I don’t think any other top-class batter has had this. There may have been a patch where somebody has got out repeatedly in a fashion, but this has gone on for far too long,” he added.
Manjrekar is not the one former star who has criticised Virat for the style he has been dismissed in Australia. Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan has been vocal about Virat’s long-standing wrestle with the skin off-stump deliveries.
“The shot by Virat Kohli–this is neither the first nor the last time. He is not letting go of the temptation to drive outside the off-stump,” Pathan stated on Star Sports activities.
“He has been doing this for many years. Everyone is saying the same thing. Virat Kohli also knows this,” he added.
After the conclusion of the 4 Checks, Virat has managed to garner 167 runs in seven innings, averaging 27.83. With India trailing within the sequence with a 2-1 scoreline, his efficiency can be pivotal in deciding the destiny of the BGT.
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