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]]>Speaking during a discussion on ESPNCricinfo, Maninder said Kohli needs to understand that England pitches are not like Indian pitches, and he needs to spend time in the middle before going for a drive on balls pitched outside off stump.
“Before the Test match, Virat Kohli had said that in these English conditions you’ve got to keep your ego in your pocket. And I think that is absolutely right. If he tries to dominate, like Virat Kohli usually does, these are not the pitches where he can bat like that.
“He needs to spend some time there, like he did on the previous tour where he scored almost 600 runs. Once you know the pace and know how much the ball is seaming around, they you can carry on playing your shots,” he said.
“These are not flat Indian pitches, where you can just put your foot forward and start driving. And what Kohli preached, he will have to practice. Keep your ego in your pocket,” Maninder added.
The former India spinner further added that Kohli is making the same mistakes he made in 2014 in England, and he needs to take inspiration from how he played in the country in 2018 to bounce back.
“Virat Kohli is basically making the same mistakes that he was making on his first tour of England. He is playing away from the body. It could happen to you if you are not playing regular cricket,” Maninder Singh said.
“He got out a couple of times the same way as you did in 2014, when he just got a 138 runs in 10 innings. I think things start coming back – am I playing the wrong line? Should I be leaving these balls?
All these Indian boys, in the first two Tests, they were leaving balls outside the off stump. I don’t know that happened in this Test match. They were wanting to play at it and paid the price for it. With Virat Kohli, he is going through a bad patch,” he signed off.
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]]>Kohli himself was the first to crack a joke about it.
“It’s a surprise I’ve won the toss,” he said immediately, before saying that India opted to bat first.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer, as usual, led the meme-fest on Twitter.
Check the tweet here :
Kohli may have won the toss but England dominated the opening exchanges of the match as James Anderson ripped through India’s top order.
Anderson dismissed the in-form KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli within the first 11 overs, to leave India tottering at 21/3.
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Virat Kohli has great self – belief, said Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan
Star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan feels the reason behind Virat Kohli’s batting success is that the Indian skipper never deviates from his process, irrespective of the quality of delivery bowled at him. The leg-spinner feels Kohli’s strong suit is that he has faith in his batting abilities and is not compelled into playing any shots he is not confident, giving due respect to the good balls. “If there is any other batsman, he will come under pressure if you bowl well to him. He will play a shot which is not his strength like a sweep, a slog sweep or any other different stroke,” Rashid said on the Youtube show ‘Cricast’
“[But] Virat will follow his own process. He goes with his mind. He has his own style and he goes with that. He doesn’t do anything different. I think that is why he is very successful. He has a process.
“He will respect good balls. He will punish loose balls. He has great self-belief. Some batsmen don’t have self-belief. That is why they struggle. He believes in his own strength,” Rashid added.
Rashid, who is a vital cog in the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling attack in the Indian Premier League, is eager to play under the leadership of former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“I have dream that I play under MS Dhoni. Because the experience (of) playing with him, under him is very important. For a bowler, the role of wicketkeeper is very important and I don’t think there is anyone better than him to explain you things,” Rashid said.
Rashid also recalled the advise the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman gave him recently. “Every time after our matches, the discussions that I have with him has helped me,” Rashid said.
“Every time after our matches, the discussions that I have with him has helped me.“
Last time he told me ‘You have to be careful while fielding, you slide, throw the ball when it is not necessary, you get aggressive. Because there is only one Rashid and people want to see you more, what will happen if you get injured? Keep this in mind, I tell (Ravindra) Jadeja the same thing.’”
Rashid is also in awe of India’s white ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma’s ability with the bat and the extra second that he always has.
“I agree he has more time. He has got a lot of time. I have seen very few players who have a lot of time. It is natural for some players to have more time.
“The way he pulls even if it is 145 plus or 150 kmph, the way he hits, it seems the ball is 125 or 130 kmph. He has got great time. He doesn’t hit too many powerful shots. He believes in his timing.”
Rashid, who was a part of the currently-suspended IPL, is completing his quarantine ahead of the the Pakistan Super League (PSL), starting here on Wednesday.
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