Team India has performed well in the tour of the West Indies so far. While they clinched a 3-0 ODI series victory over the Windies under Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma returned in the captaincy role as they are currently leading the five-match T20I series 3-1. The T20Is saw a lot of rested players return to the side but players like Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah were given rest as well.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has been going through a lean patch with the bat over the past few months. Recently against England, Kohli had failed to cross the 20-run mark across six innings across formats, raising concerns over his struggles. And, former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez has said that Kohli had taken too much “mental pressure” and he needed a break to get back to his own form. Earlier, Hafeez, on the same show, had said that Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali should have been given a break long ago because he was also under mental pressure.

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“Virat Kohli is one of the best players of the past 10 years. I think he is also facing the same problem.. he needed a break because he had too much mental pressure. Their decision to rest Virat for this series was the best decision for him,” said Hafeez on Dawn.

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“I think Virat Kohli is an impact player. In the past 2-3 years, we saw that the impact wasn’t there. Even when he scored the half-century against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last year, that was, to me, impactless. Until you can’t bring an impact, there’s no point of you playing,” said Mohammad Hafeez. “Every player requires a break. The Indian board made a good decision. This break will help him get back to becoming an impact player. He had lost his impact.”