‘Can Virat Kohli do it?’: Former India star gives Sachin Tendulkar extensive advice

Virat KohliThe struggles with the bat continued in the third Test match against Australia in Brisbane as the star batter was again dismissed cheaply. Kohli’s troubles with balls outside the stump once again proved to be his setback when he repelled the delivery Josh Hazlewood To Alex Carey behind the stumps. Former Indian batter Akash Chopra believes Kohli should have left the ball alone given his difficulty with such deliveries. Chopra also recalled Sachin Tendulkar”s 241 in Sydney where he did not play a single cover drive and remarked that Kohli should take inspiration from this knock.

“I remember the Test match in Sydney after Sachin Tendulkar was repeatedly picked to deliver outside off stump. Can Virat Kohli do it? He will have to do this because if he continues to go out like this, the vulnerability will become even greater,” the former India all-rounder said on YouTube.

Chopra also said that Kohli struggled with short deliveries and his problems were further highlighted during the game against Hazlewood and Mitchell Stark.

“You know he (Kohli) is not at his peak. So what’s the path ahead? – he added.

Meanwhile, KL Rahul credited shanks Akash Depth And Jasprit Bumrah for their unbeaten 39-run partnership for the last wicket, which avoided a follow-on in the third Test against Australia on Tuesday.

The players tried their best to rescue India from a dire situation on the fourth day of rain in Brisbane. India posted 252/9 with Akash remaining unbeaten on 27 off 31 balls while Bumrah was not out for 10 runs. India remain 193 points behind and the possible outcome of the match depends on weather conditions on Wednesday.

“It’s really nice to see the lower players pick up points and start to score points. This is something that we discuss a lot in our meetings and the bowlers work very hard on their batting too and so it’s really nice to see that they can go out there and get that little partnership and avoid going on makes a huge difference knowing there’s a little one going around rain and most of the game is lost due to rain. We need to find a way to stay in the game and I think Akash and them. Bumrah did it at the end and it’s a good way to end the day for us,” Rahul, who scored 84 in the match, said at the post-match press conference.

“I’m glad they were able to really make some shots, some very exciting ones at that, and at the end, the last half hour, it was a great competition where they hit not only the shots that they had, but also the heart that they showed to their opponents ” stay away from the bouncers in the wickets so getting behind the ball, defending well, keeping the ball and hitting some good shots is really good, it will give them confidence and give us an edge. group a lot of confidence,” he added.

(with inputs from IANS)