Former India national selector Saba Karim has recently said that the Team India head coach Rahul Dravid, can play a vital role in helping Indian Test captain Virat Kohli get back to his usual form in the three-match Test series against South Africa. He also claimed that Kohli will face a bigger challenge on the field instead of the one he is facing off the field now as well.

Talking to India News about the upcoming series, Karim said, “The fight on the ground is the most difficult and Virat Kohli knows that as well. He also realizes that in the last one or two years, not only his but even the top order’s form has not been good. The stability or the partnerships required have not been seen.”

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However, this is Virat Kohli’s third tour to South Africa and so far he has scored 558 runs, which came at 55.80 with two tons and two fifties as well.

“He also knows that because he comes in to bat at No. 4, if his bat fires and he scores the big runs, the players around him will also start contributing. And that is why I feel, his preparations should be perfect and he is putting more time in the nets,” Saba Karim further added.

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“The advantage with Rahul Dravid is that he can tell Virat how the bowler is targeting him, what the bowler’s thinking is. You observe all that while sitting outside as a coach and then you can tell all that to the player who is in the middle. With the experience Rahul Dravid has, he knows very well what needs to be said and what is not required to be said. When a player has reached that level, he learns a lot on his own and finds solutions according to himself and Rahul Dravid will step in where the solutions are not found. That is why I feel this combination will be good,” Saba Karim concluded.