Melbourne: Australian Giants Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday Virat Kohli Did the right thing by taking a one month break from cricket.
chasing 35 against them Pakistan in India Asia Cup Opener, former India captain Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 59 not out in 44 balls on Wednesday. Hong Kong in Dubai, his first international fifty since 52 against West Indies In a T20I in Kolkata on February 18 this year.
“I hope we see him at his best and back in the World Cup,” two-time World Cup winning captain Ponting said on ‘ICC Review’.
“I want Virat to come out here (in Australia) and be one of the leading players in the tournament, but make sure he doesn’t score too many runs when he plays against Australia!”
Ponting’s remarks came after India’s five-wicket win over Pakistan on Sunday.
Coming back from a month-long break from cricket, Kohli smashed 35 off 34 balls against the arch-rivals.
“First and foremost, it was great to see him back between runs,” Ponting said.
“No wonder he did it in a run chase. We’ve always known about him. His record shows that he is better when his team is chasing runs.
“When I saw his runs and then I read on social media over the last few days, it seemed he had found himself in a pretty dark place. Like many of us men, he is unwilling to talk about it Was and share it.
Referring to Kohli’s recent statement, the Australian said, “It seems that when he started sharing, talking, it might have freed him a bit and he felt better about himself again.” started doing.” Amidst his struggle with the bat.
Asked if he too has faced something similar, Ponting said: “I don’t think I can relate enough to the ‘intensity’ (comment)…
“When things aren’t going well and you’re not scoring as many runs as you used to, the game suddenly feels a lot tougher.
“I dealt with it in the last few years of my career, where my career took off very quickly… It was almost, the harder I worked, the worse it got.
“I was so focused and aware of being right and doing things exactly right, thinking that I had to do it to get the best out of myself, but all I was doing was putting pressure on myself and putting myself in that position.” Wasn’t letting the game play the way I always played it. I think it could be creeping with Virat as well.
“It’s just human nature when things aren’t going the way you want, you work harder, you work harder, and the harder you try, the harder it gets.”
Ponting believes it was important that Kohli took an extended break to reset himself.
“One thing I would say as international cricketers, and probably with modern Indian players, as much as the cricket they are actually playing at the international level and the IPL, you can often deceive yourself that you are feeling well and that You are fresh, that you have a lot of energy.
“Because you have to tell yourself when you’re tired, because you have to get up and play again the next day. It’s not until you stop and just have a few days off, Or you have a week, that you realize how tired you are physically and mentally.
“For someone like Virat, taking a week off was not a good idea. The fact that he has taken that month off, to regroup his thoughts, to get himself back where we feel That he is in the right place mentally.. There are a lot of good signs out there,” Ponting concluded.
chasing 35 against them Pakistan in India Asia Cup Opener, former India captain Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 59 not out in 44 balls on Wednesday. Hong Kong in Dubai, his first international fifty since 52 against West Indies In a T20I in Kolkata on February 18 this year.
“I hope we see him at his best and back in the World Cup,” two-time World Cup winning captain Ponting said on ‘ICC Review’.
“I want Virat to come out here (in Australia) and be one of the leading players in the tournament, but make sure he doesn’t score too many runs when he plays against Australia!”
Ponting’s remarks came after India’s five-wicket win over Pakistan on Sunday.
Coming back from a month-long break from cricket, Kohli smashed 35 off 34 balls against the arch-rivals.
“First and foremost, it was great to see him back between runs,” Ponting said.
“No wonder he did it in a run chase. We’ve always known about him. His record shows that he is better when his team is chasing runs.
“When I saw his runs and then I read on social media over the last few days, it seemed he had found himself in a pretty dark place. Like many of us men, he is unwilling to talk about it Was and share it.
Referring to Kohli’s recent statement, the Australian said, “It seems that when he started sharing, talking, it might have freed him a bit and he felt better about himself again.” started doing.” Amidst his struggle with the bat.
Asked if he too has faced something similar, Ponting said: “I don’t think I can relate enough to the ‘intensity’ (comment)…
“When things aren’t going well and you’re not scoring as many runs as you used to, the game suddenly feels a lot tougher.
“I dealt with it in the last few years of my career, where my career took off very quickly… It was almost, the harder I worked, the worse it got.
“I was so focused and aware of being right and doing things exactly right, thinking that I had to do it to get the best out of myself, but all I was doing was putting pressure on myself and putting myself in that position.” Wasn’t letting the game play the way I always played it. I think it could be creeping with Virat as well.
“It’s just human nature when things aren’t going the way you want, you work harder, you work harder, and the harder you try, the harder it gets.”
Ponting believes it was important that Kohli took an extended break to reset himself.
“One thing I would say as international cricketers, and probably with modern Indian players, as much as the cricket they are actually playing at the international level and the IPL, you can often deceive yourself that you are feeling well and that You are fresh, that you have a lot of energy.
“Because you have to tell yourself when you’re tired, because you have to get up and play again the next day. It’s not until you stop and just have a few days off, Or you have a week, that you realize how tired you are physically and mentally.
“For someone like Virat, taking a week off was not a good idea. The fact that he has taken that month off, to regroup his thoughts, to get himself back where we feel That he is in the right place mentally.. There are a lot of good signs out there,” Ponting concluded.