Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag is confident that the Indian captain Virat Kohli will end his struggling form soon.
In last some international series, Virat Kohli failed to maintain his consistency with the bat. However, the right-handed batsman performed weakly in the recently concluded tour in New Zealand.
Playing 11 innings in that tour, Kohli scored 218 runs with an average of 19.81. It was his worst full tour in the international career. Apart from one ODI half-century as well as one 30s and one 40s in T20I, Kohli failed to reach the 20-run mark in the other innings. During the Test series of that tour, Kohli had his second-lowest average (average 9.50) in his Test series history, scoring only 2, 19, 3 and 14 runs respectively.
Due to his poor form in the Test series, Kohli lost the top spot of the ICC Test batting rankings. At the end of that series, he is standing in the second position in this rankings.
However, Virender Sehwag doesn’t feel any worry sign in this. The former Indian aggressive opener claimed that every player faced this phase in their career. Learning from his experience, Sehwag has advised to not compromise with his natural game. Sehwag believes that Kohli is too good to allow this bad patch to continue.
The former said, “Every player has to go through this phase. Sachin (Tendulkar), (Brian) Lara, (Steve) Smith have all experienced poor form. I faced and came out of it without compromising with my natural game. When countering difficult times, you have to be patient and back your instincts. I am sure Kohli will find his way back. He is too good to allow this bad patch to continue.”
Virender Sehwag talked about how to bat in New Zealand
Talking about Kohli’s dismissals cheaply during the Test series in New Zealand, Sehwag pointed out that it was important to know which ball had to play and which ball had to leave in that tough batting condition.
Sehwag added, “Here (in New Zealand) the ball has seamed a lot and if you are not getting runs then the challenge multiplies. Of course, you can adapt, playing more on the front foot, by leaving the ball. For me, it is important to know which ball to leave and you can do that when you are feeling confident. The pressure also may have got to Virat.”
In that latest New Zealand tour, while India completed a whitewash in the five-match T20I series (5-0), they faced whitewash in the three-match ODI series (3-0) and two-match Test series (2-0).