Virat Kohli suffered yet another batting failure on Sunday during the 2nd T20I against England in Nottingham. In pursuit of a mammoth 216-run target, the visitors suffered a horrible top-order collapse. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Virat were back in the hut inside the powerplay. Later, Suryakumar Yadav, who went on to score his maiden international, and Shreyas Iyer stitched a 119-run for the fourth wicket. However, their dismissals ensured England’s 17-run win in the final game of the 3-match series.
India may have won the series 2-1 but Kohli’s form put him under the spotlight once again. The streak of his poor form continued as he collected just 12 runs in two T20Is after managing to score 31 across two innings in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston.
After India’s loss in Nottingham, former bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad expressed through a tweet that out-of-form should be dropped out of the team. He cited that the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan have experienced the same during their playing days.
“There was a time when you were out of form, you would be dropped irrespective of reputation. Sourav, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Bhajji all have been dropped when not in form. They have went back to domestic cricket, scored runs and staged a comeback,” tweeted Prasad.
“The yardsticks seem to have changed drastically now, where there is rest for being out of form. This is no way for progress. There is so much talent in the country and cannot play on reputation. One of India’s greatest match-winner, Anil Kumble sat out on so many occasions, need actions for the larger good,” he added.
