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Sunil Gavaskar, who had opined that Kohli must learn from Sachin Tendulkar’s knock in Sydney in 2003, explained why the former India captain has been repeatedly getting out in a similar fashion.
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India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the day one of the second cricket test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval [AP Photo]
Virat Kohli’s habit of poking the deliveries moving away from the off stump has only troubled him in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The former Indian captain has been caught behind thrice in the ongoing Test series since scoring a gutsy hundred in Perth. His latest dismissal, to Josh Hazlewood at The Gabba, became the talking point as he tried driving the delivery way outside the off-stump but nicked it to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
The experts have suggested he avoid playing shots on the off-side and refrain from throwing his wicket away early. Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, who had opined that Kohli must learn from Sachin Tendulkar’s knock in Sydney in 2003, explained why the former India captain has been repeatedly getting out in a similar fashion.
“Look, he’s scored thousands of runs through that extra-cover drive,” Gavaskar told Hindustan Times.
“It’s something that is probably the best shot in the world today, the Virat Kohli extra-cover drive. Not so much the cover drive, but the one that goes between mid-off and extra-cover. That’s a wonderful shot to see. That’s a full-face-of-the-bat shot. And because he gets so many runs from that shot, he’s tempted to go for that because that’s a very productive shot for him. Maybe that is the reason why he is looking to play over there and get out,” he added
Gavaskar further stated that the gap between the third and fourth Tests will allow him to learn from his past mistakes.
“If you see, it’s not that he has opened the face of the bat. It’s not that he is looking to play to the covers. If that was happening, then you could say, hey, don’t play towards cover. But it’s a shot that has got him thousands of runs. Only this time, maybe the late movement is getting him out.”
“But you don’t score X thousand runs in international cricket and get that many hundreds unless you know how to approach and build a Test innings. I am sure this one week will give him a lot of time to look at his dismissals,” Gavaskar said.
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