Former captain Sourav Ganguly feels that the main reason of Virat Kohli failure as a batsman against Australia is that his emotional outbursts affected his batting. At the same time, Ganguly hopes that the Indian skipper “cools down” to hits form again.
“Against Australia, probably Kohli was so consumed by wanting to win as captain that he let his emotions affect his batting. This will also serve as a lesson for Virat. He’s such a precocious talent, I hope he cools down and gets back to scoring big again,” Ganguly wrote in an exclusive column for the ‘ICC’ website.
Kohli was in sublime form before this series, becoming the only man to slam double hundreds in four consecutive series. He amassed 1457 runs in 13 matches this season.
But he had a horrendous outing with the bat against Australia, totalling just 46 runs in five innings with scores of 0, 13, 12, 15 and 6 in three games, before he had to sit out of the fourth and final Test because of a shoulder injury.
