IND vs SL: “No One Plays As Much Cricket As Virat Kohli” – Kumar Sangakkara

Legendary Sri Lanka National Cricket Team batter Kumar Sangakkara has said that the India National Cricket Team star batter Virat Kohli plays a lot of matches and no one plays as much cricket as the 34-year-old.

Kohli has been rested for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka and he will be seen in action in the ODI series against the Lankan Lions, which will be played on January 10, 12, and 15 in Guwahati, Kolkata, and Trivandrum respectively.

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During an interaction on Sports Tak, Kumar Sangakkara was questioned if he has noticed any changes in Virat Kohli’s cricket in the last few years as he doesn’t dominate like he used to. He responded that Kohli’s workload needs to be managed properly so that he can perform at his best. He elaborated:

“I think it’s a question of really having a good honest conversation with Virat and asking him how he manages his workload and his time so that every time he plays for India, he is fresh, he is happy, he is hungry and he wants to go out there and win games. You can’t have him playing cricket all the time and expect him to deliver like that.

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“No one plays as much cricket as Virat Kohli. It doesn’t matter how good you are or how fit you are and he is both, he is actually unbelievably talented and skilled and he is unbelievably fit, but the fatigue and the pressure, and the expectations to constantly churn out and be the entire lifeblood of that side takes a toll.

“Sometimes you stop enjoying that, so you need a breather, you need to refresh and come back and that’s where you find Virat coming back hungrier and performing. His batting at the T20 World Cup was phenomenal, especially in that game against Pakistan.”

He is a phenomenal player and he will continue to be phenomenal – Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka batting legend further said that Kohli hasn’t lost his class at all and he will continue to be a phenomenal player for Team India. He said:

“I don’t think he has lost any of his class or his edge. He is a phenomenal player and he will continue to be phenomenal. I think he has so much more to offer to India as yet. I don’t think he has anything to prove and like any player, whether you are a great player or a good player, you go through peaks and throughs.”

“The best players have those peaks much more consistently over a much longer period of time than anyone else. Virat Kohli has done that. You get dips, you get bowlers coming up with new plans, then the pressure is back on Virat to adapt and change his game, to understand what’s coming at him and what he needs to do to stay ahead and I think he is going to do it.”

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