‘Virat Kohli lost touch, did not hit…’: Sunil Gavaskar's scathing attack during SRH vs RCB match

Notably, Virat Kohli started the innings successful an assertive manner on with Faf Du Plessis but the seasoned batter seemed to person focused much connected taking singles than the large shots aft the wicket of his opening spouse and the consequent extremity of 6 implicit powerplay. Moreover, the seasoned batter did not deed a azygous bound station the 4th implicit people and alternatively scored the adjacent 28 runs of his innings astatine little than tally a shot adjacent arsenic Rajat Patidar deed the SRH continued to deed the SRH bowlers for boundaries and sixes.

Pointing retired the flaws successful Kohli's innings, Sunil Gavaskar said, 

Speaking astir Kohli's inability to deed the large shots during commentary, Gavaskar said, "It's conscionable been singles, singles and singles from Kohli. There is [Dinesh] Karthik to come; determination is [Mahipal] Lomror to come. You've got to effort and instrumentality a fewer risks now. Look astatine Patidar. He had already deed 3 sixes successful that over. If helium wanted, helium could person taken a azygous oregon near the shot for a wide. But no, helium went for it due to the fact that the accidental was there,"

 "In the middle, helium conscionable seemed to person mislaid touch. I americium not definite of the nonstop numbers, but I deliberation from 31-32 to the clip helium got out, helium did not deed a boundary. So astatine the extremity of the day, erstwhile helium got retired erstwhile you are facing the onslaught successful the archetypal shot of the innings and you get retired successful the 14th oregon the 15th over, you person got onslaught complaint of 118, that's not what your squad expects from you," Gavaskar said connected Star Sports.

Speaking aft the innings to Star Sports, the erstwhile Indian cricketer said, "In the middle, helium conscionable seemed to person mislaid touch. I americium not definite of the nonstop numbers, but I deliberation from 31-32 to the clip helium got out, helium did not deed a boundary. So astatine the extremity of the day, erstwhile helium got retired erstwhile you are facing the onslaught successful the archetypal shot of the innings and you get retired successful the 14th oregon the 15th over, you person got onslaught complaint of 118, that's not what your squad expects from you,"

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Published: 26 Apr 2024, 09:21 AM IST