If I Had About 20 Minutes With Virat Kohli, I Would Be Able To Tell Him The Things He Might Have To Do – Sunil Gavaskar

Legendary India National Cricket Team batter Sunil Gavaskar has said that he needs about 20 minutes with struggling India batter Virat Kohli to tell him the things that might help him to overcome his lean patch.

Former India captain Virat Kohli, who has not scored a century since 2019, is going through a lean patch. After a poor run in the Indian Premier League 2022, he participated in the India tour of England 2022 and failed miserably with the bat. He registered the scores of 11,20,1,11,16 and 17 across 6 innings he batted in a Test, 2 T20Is and 2 ODIs.

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Meanwhile, batting legend Gavaskar said that he has got some inputs for Kohli that might be able to help the modern-day batting legend to return to form.

“If I had about 20 minutes with him, I would be able to tell him the things he might have to do. It might help him, I am not saying it will help him but it could, particularly with regards to that off-stump line,” Gavaskar told India Today.

“Having been an opening batter, having been troubled by that line, there are certain things that you try and do. If I get 20 minutes with him, I might be able to tell him.

“It goes back to the fact that his first mistake turns out to be his last. Again, just because he is not amongst the runs, there is this anxiety to play at every delivery because that is what batters feel, they have got to score. You look to play at deliveries that you otherwise won’t. But he has gotten out to good deliveries as well on this particular tour,” he added.

I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps – Sunil Gavaskar

Virat Kohli has been rested for the entire 8-match limited-overs series against the West Indies and he is expected to make a comeback to Team India in the Asia Cup 2022.

While talking about Kohli’s break, Gavaskar said that only time will tell whether the break helps him or not. He added that Kohli has got extraordinary numbers in international cricket and he is allowed a few failures.

“I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps. As I said, he is allowed a few failures, look at his record for India, 70 international hundreds. I mean, he has got runs in all formats of the game, in all conditions,” Gavaskar added.

“Let’s be patient, let’s not rush things. We, somehow in India, hurry once a player reaches 32, 33, we all the time, look to push him out of the team when they have so much more to contribute. Let’s be patient with Kohli as well. All these greats who have served Indian cricket are allowed a few failures.”

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