Sanjay Bangar is a household name to the Indian cricket fans. He needs no introduction because of his excellent work ethic and his methods that have helped Indian batsmen take their game to the next level. In a recent interview, Sanjay Banger the former batting coach of the Indian Cricket team has criticized India’s Test match mainstay Ajinkya Rahane and the skipper Virat Kohli.

Indian cricket team had a poor run of games losing very badly to New Zealand in Test cricket with no Indian batsman failing to score a single century in those 2 test matches. After a poor performance from the Indian batting line up, Sanjay Bangar shared his thoughts and ideas as to why he believes Rahane and Kohli’s batting skills are flawed.

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Bangar was critical of Virat Kohli’s performance and explained the reason for the skipper’s failure. Bangar explained his thoughts by saying that Kohli usually takes his guard between the middle and the leg stump, but this time around instead of doing the same, Virat was more focused on covering all the stumps in New Zealand which have led to poor performance.

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“I am surprised to see Ajinkya Rahane play the way that he did. He was playing into the trap that New Zealand had set for him. All the field positions were also indicative of the fact that they will pepper him with short stuff. The need of the hour was to be defensive. He should have let a few balls go or duck under a few short balls,” said Bangar.

He further added, “You expect a player with such high experience to show more application. I am sure Rahane will be very disappointed with his innings.”

Indian stars will be looking rectify their mistakes and get back in the groove as they take on South Africa in a 3 match ODI series starting Mach 12. The ODI matches will take place in Dharamshala, Lucknow, and Kolkata respectively.