Virat Kohli, who has not scored an international century for almost three years, is battling the worst recession of his career
Virat Kohli, who has not scored an international century for almost three years, is battling the worst recession of his career
Former Australia pacer Brett Lee believes that Virat Kohli can consider taking a break, refreshing the mind and working on a few things.
Kohli’s average campaign in IPL-15 came to an end after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s seven-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Lee said, “Do I say it’s a matter of concern, I do. I would like him (Kohli) to score more runs.” PTI On Saturday, when asked about Kohli’s long skinny patch.
Kohli, who hasn’t scored an international century for nearly three years, is battling the worst slump of his career, scoring 341 runs in 16 IPL games at a below-average average of 22.73. In the current IPL, he started the innings of RCB in most matches.
In second qualifierKohli chased down a fast, rising delivery from pacer Prambhav Krishna, wide outside off-stump, to deliver a simple catch to Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson behind the stumps.
“The hardest part is when Virat Kohli doesn’t score runs, usually the team doesn’t do well. When we see Kohli had that purple patch when he scored 800-900 in that season (IPL 2016) His team (Royal Challengers Bangalore) did very well. We want more from Kohli.
“A strong Kohli is a strong team. Unfortunately he missed the semi-final, he could not get his team to cross the boundary of his bat, scoring less than 10 runs.
“Maybe (this) is a chance for Kohli to go back and work on some things and maybe take a break from cricket. Just get away and refresh your mind,” said Lee, the brand ambassador of the company. Sportsbet.io,
Around this time last year, Lee picked Kohli and Australia seamer Pat Cummins as the best batsman and bowler in the world.
Asked who his favorite Test batsman is, Lee said in an interview with the ICC, “When you look at the recent greats, it’s hard to look at Virat Kohli.”
Impressed by the fast bowling talent in India
This Indian Premier League has seen the rise of young fast bowlers like Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Umran Malik, Mukesh Choudhary, Arshdeep Singh and the 45-year-old Lee, who has 310 Test wickets, believed it would work then. May come when the country plays in the T20 World Cup in Australia.
“The two Khan boys (Mohsin and Avesh) have real talent. The one thing Indian cricket is producing is a good list of fast bowlers. I love that.
“They have good spin options as well, but of course if you are looking at the T20 World Cup in Australia, you need players who can bowl fast on bouncy wickets,” Lee said.
Fast bowler Umran Malik should play longer format: Lee
One of the biggest discoveries of IPL is Malik, who consistently bowled at 150 kmph and took 22 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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“Look, he has been fantastic, what Umran Malik does is pure pace. I wish him well and I hope he gets a chance to play in the longer format of the game as well,” Lee said.