Former England skipper, Michael Vaughan reckons that Virat Kohli should go on a sabbatical from cricket as his lean patch continued in the recently-concluded rescheduled Test match at Edgbaston. Kohli’s struggles have been well-documented as the former India skipper had an indifferent IPL 2022 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The 33-year-old hasn’t scored a century in all three formats since 2019.
Many pundits have advised Virat Kohli to take a break from the game and Michael Vaughan is the latest to suggest the same thing. During a chat with Cricbuzz, the former England skipper has come up with a suggestion that Kohli should go on a sabbatical for three months from cricket and it will help him go forward.
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Explaining the same, Michael Vaughan said, “I look at Virat in particular. I knew he had a little bit of a rest at the end of the IPL. But he just looks to me like he needs a sabbatical. He looks like he needs three months away from cricket. Go and sit on a beach. Go and do what you can with your family because of a career of 20 years, which he probably will end up getting because he’s such a good player. To have a three-month break, is it going to affect him? No. Will it help him? Yes.”
Michael Vaughan also expressed his displeasure with the schedule for the upcoming ODI and T20I series between India and England. Both teams will be locking horns with each other for three matches each in both series and the former England skipper said that it would be impossible for all-format players to perform.
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Explaining it further, Michael Vaughan said, “I just look at the schedule for India and England. It’s ridiculous. We’ll see more and more of this over the next few years. It’s just impossible that all-format players will be able to play all three formats. The management of all these teams are going to have to be very clever in terms of giving them a breather.”
