Former India captain Virat Kohli has been going through a lean phase and he needs to get back in form ahead of the T20 World Cup. However, he seems to have lost his mojo since his last century in November 2019. However, India skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid are hopeful of Kohli’s return to form. And, in a recent interview with journalist Jamie Alter, former India cricketer Pragyan Ojha shared the reason why Rohit & Dravid are continuously backing Virat Kohli.
He said, “When you talk about Virat Kohli, you have to understand the things he has achieved … they are not normal. Getting those 70 hundreds in a span of about 10 years is outstanding. Who are the other players who have done that? Not many. That is the reason why Rohit [Sharma], Rahul bhai [Dravid] and the team are backing him.”
Ojha also feels that a player of Virat Kohli’s stature will be important for Team India in the upcoming ICC events. He is not just an experienced cricketer but someone who knows how to do well.
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Pragyan Ojha stated, “They know that if he gets that one knock, things will turn around and suddenly you will see the old Virat Kohli. And when you have that Virat Kohli in your team and you’re going for the T20 World Cup and then the 50-overs World Cup, any team would do anything to get him. I think it’s just a matter of time.”
He further stated: “See, with cricket, it’s not about mathematics that two plus two is four. You will fail. That’s the beauty of sport. This is Virat Kohli we’re talking about. His conversion rate has been tremendous. He used to go to bat and get hundreds and the bar was set so high that now we don’t talk about Virat getting a 30 or 40 … even his 50 also counts as a failure because the bar is 100.”
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“When you look at Virat’s batting, it is not about the skill or that he’s not timing it well or his fitness has taken a beating. He’s just there, and I think better than others with his work ethic and discipline. The only thing is that maybe mentally he’s a little caught up somewhere. Maybe that’s why he’s been regularly taking breaks,” Pragyan Ojha concluded.
