Sanjay Manjrekar reacts to Virat Kohli’s latest poor form. Virat Kohli was knocked down by England’s Matty Potts as the batter failed to score a big run.
While Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja bask in the glory of their heroic innings that saved Team India in the first innings, Virat Kohli has yet to impress with the bat. The stylish batter’s poor run of form continues, as he was dismissed with only 11 runs to his name. Former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar has shed light on the batter’s recent poor form.
Kohli entered the crease following the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara, looking to steady the ship alongside Hanuma Vihari. The former Indian captain avoided any risks against the seaming ball and was adamant about leaving the balls alone outside the off stump, which he has struggled with in the past. He was gaining confidence and looking better at the crease before an erroneous attempt to leave Matthew Pott’s delivery caused his demise, as the ball came off his inside edge and onto the stumps.
Sanjay addressed the batters’ problems, stating that Kohli’s technique isn’t perfect at the moment,
Some batters score runs despite their flawed technique. He also believes Kohli was lacking confidence while batting and has had some misfortune in addition to his poor form.
“What do I say, as an expert, when I see I have some opinion that the confidence has gone down a little, he is also experiencing slight bad luck, there are technical issues, I feel he is playing a lot on the front foot but it is not because of this he is not scoring runs, runs are score despite all of this. ” “Everyone does not have technical perfection, but they score runs. ” Manjrekar said during a Sony Sports discussion.
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I’m not sure how Virat Kohli’s lean phase has lasted so long: Sanjay Manjrekar
The former Indian cricketer also surprise by Kohli’s prolong poor form, saying that a batter of his caliber should not have to put up with it for so long. The right-hand batter has had a difficult few years, failing to score a century in any format for more than two years and amassing only 852 runs at a mediocre average of 27.48 in the game’s longest format since the start of 2020.
“Virat Kohli’s form surprised me because it came out of nowhere.” When great batters lose form, they quickly regain it. “We don’t know how the out-of-form phase has gone on for so long,” the cricketer-turned-expert added.
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