Former Team India batter Hemang Badani feels that the coaching staff should take Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s years of excellence seriously and remain idle while they face a rough patch. They both have had a rough time in red-ball cricket since the commencement of
the home season which started in September as well.

Kohli smashed a ton in the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth, but he failed again in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval.

“Sometimes what happens is, at the highest level – I’ll take names, a Rohit Sharma or a Virat Kohli – sometimes as a coach you think ‘Oh he’s Virat Kohli, he’s Rohit Sharma, they know what to do’ and you’ll let it be. Are you going to let it be or as the coaching staff or the batting coach are you going to go and tell them ‘Sir, you’ve played cricket for many years. But there is a slight problem (with your game). What solution can we bring for this problem? Do you have that solution or what are you thinking? Or do you want me to help you?” Hemang Badani said on Star Sports Tamil.

“Are you going to have those tough conversations or not? Sometimes you think they are Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, they know what to do, let them be. But if you ask me, no matter who the player is, if you are thinking about the team, go speak to them. It’s not wrong. After that whether they (the players) take it or not is their point of view. But as a coach you definitely have to go speak to them,” Badani added