Sunil Gavaskar Asks Struggling Virat Kohli To Follow Sachin Tendulkar’s Footsteps: ‘Remember His 241 in Sydney’ – News18
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Virat Kohli was dismissed in what has now become a familiar scene as he once again chased a length delivery outside off before nicking it to Alex Carey.
Gavaskar says Kohli can improve his issue with deliveries outside off by taking inspiration from Sachin Tendulkar’s knock in Sydney Test in 2002-03
Australia rattled India’s top-order after posting a mammoth score of 445 runs in their first innings of the ongoing third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Brisbane. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal went off the mark with a boundary on the first ball but flicked the next delivery straight to Mitchell Marsh at midwicket. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli followed him to the dressing room after chasing deliveries well wide of the off stump and nicking it behind the wickets.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the top-order batters for their impatient approach, especially when they had a mountain – of 445 runs – to climb.
“Look at how Jaiswal threw away his wicket. When you have such a tough challenge ahead of you, you need to be patient and refrain from playing such shots. You cannot score 445 in half an hour, or even 245 runs – required to avoid the follow-on – in that time period. Shubman Gill chased a ball outside off, and so did Virat Kohli, which was unnecessary. So, there was no role of the pitch. They just played poor shots,” Gavaskar told Star Sports at the lunch break.
Kohli was dismissed in what has now become a familiar scene as he once again chased a length delivery outside off before nicking it to Alex Carey. Offering a solution to Kohli, Gavaskar recalled Sachin Tendulkar’s knock of 241 in the 2003-04 Sydney Test where he chose to avoid his trademark cover drive and focused majorly on leg-side strokes.
Gavaskar said Kohli needs to do exactly the same and just forget about playing shots on the off-side.
“Virat Kohli has to be patient, just like his role model Sachin Tendulkar. Remember Sachin’s 241 in Sydney? He didn’t play shots on the off side, not even his favourite cover drive. He has such a strong bottom hand. He can play straight or towards mid-wicket so well. He needs to do exactly that, just stop playing towards off,” Gavaskar added.
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