Virender Sehwag Comes Out In Support Of Virat Kohli Following His Bad Patch

Following Virat Kohli’s poor run in New Zealand in which he scored only one half-century across formats, fans have widely criticised him. Even as captain, Kohli suffered a series sweep in both ODIs and T20Is after winning the T20 internationals by a scoreline of 5-0. Former Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag has backed the skipper to bounce back from a lean run of form.

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The 31-year old could score only 218 runs across 11 innings in New Zealand. He struggled to play swing bowling and veteran seamer Tim Southee consistently got the better of him. The 218 runs were his lowest tally on a tour in which the men in blue have played all formats of the sport.

Virender Sehwag Comes In Support Of Virat Kohli:

The retired opening batsman joined a long list of former cricketers, tipping Kohli to come back strongly from his lean run and labels him too excellent a player to allow the bad patch to continue. Sehwag claimed great players including Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Smith, Brett Lee have all gone through a poor run and thrived from it. He also gave his example of how he came out of a bad phase and that one needs to be pateint and trust their instincts.

“Every player has to go through this phase. Sachin (Tendulkar), (Brian) Lara, (Steve) Smith have all experienced poor form. I faced and came out of it without compromising with my natural game. When countering difficult times, you have to be patient and back your instincts. I am sure Kohli will find his way back. He is too good to allow this bad patch to continue.” Sehwag said as quoted by Times Now.

India’s next assignment are the ODIs against South Africa:

The men in blue will have to put behind their dismal tour of New Zealand to prepare for the three-match ODI series against the Proteas. The first of three ODIs would take place at the HPCA in Dharamshala before moving on to Lucknow and Kolkata for the second and third respectively. South Africa are currently engaged in a three-match ODI series against Australia.