Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that Virat Kohli has faced a poor run in Tests over the last few years and has struggled against deliveries outside the off-stump as well. However, he also feels Kohli has a better chance of regaining his form than Rohit Sharma.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “You feel there is a slight fitness issue with Rohit. He is getting late and you cannot struggle against fast bowling as an opener. As for Virat, he is struggling against deliveries outside off-stump and doing so consistently. The numbers have been very bad this year and bad in SENA countries for the last four or five years,” he said.

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“He has scored only three centuries in the last four or five years, one of which came just now in Perth. So he hasn’t scored runs if you see from that angle. However, with Virat, you still feel there could be a plausible turnaround. It looks slightly more than Rohit. That’s my thinking,” Chopra further added.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also stated that Virat Kohli’s fitness and discipline should help his cause. However, he again added that the modern batting great needs to deliver soon.

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“He is extremely fit. When a guy is so fit and lives his life with so much discipline, you expect him to come back based on his discipline. However, the time is also running out for Virat Kohli, I will be very honest. At some stage, he will also have to think about what he needs to do. If you reach the WTC final, you will say you will think about it after playing the final. However, if you don’t reach the final, you will start thinking that the new cycle for the next two years is going to get started. So maybe there will be a new captain and a new team. Maybe you need to start afresh. If you start seeing from that angle, it will be up in the air,” Aakash Chopra concluded.