New Delhi: Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has a request for Indian batter Virat Kohli to overcome his recent struggles in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy following the recent failure in the ongoing third Test match played at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Kohli could add only three runs to India’s tally of 51 for 4 on a rain-marred third day. He nicked behind the stumps while playing away from the body with Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood pitching the ball outside the off-stump. This isn’t first time Kohli has been dismissed in this fashion with his struggles ever-lasting against the off-stump channel. In 2024, 12 of the 15 dismissals of Kohli have been accounted for playing the ball outside the off-stump region.
Gavaskar, who played 125 Test matches for India, asked the India No.4 batter to follow the suit of iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s 241 against Australia in the Sydney Test of the 2004-05 Border Gavaskar Trophy. The commentator insisted Kohli to avoid playing the cover drives.
Why Gavaskar wants Kohli to adopt Tendulkar’s formula?
Tendulkar’s knock, for which he batted more than 10 hours, is widely considered as one of his best-ever as the legendary batter curbed his instinct to drive and scored the majority of his runs on the on-side.
“He (Kohli) only needs to look at his hero, Sachin Tendulkar. The way in which he (Tendulkar) had kept his patience and control on his off-side game, scoring those 241 runs at Sydney,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.
“He did not play any shot on the off-side, or at least in the cover (region) because before that he was getting dismissed while attempting to play in covers. The shots that he played were pretty much straight or on the on-side,” he added.
Kohli started the Australia tour with 5 runs in the first innings of the Perth Test but slammed an unbeaten 100 to end his century drought in 16 months. Since then, he hasn’t had any significant scores to ride on the Perth high, having made 7, 11 & 3 in the following three knocks.
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