Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper, Virat Kohli is currently going through a rough patch with the bat as he has managed to score just 119 runs in eight IPL 2022 matches. Recently, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri suggested that Virat is looking “overcooked”. Now, Delhi Capitals’ assistant coach Shane Watson has also said that there is something different about the India batter but he backed Kohli to return to make a strong comeback soon.
During a recent chat on The Grade Cricketer’s Podcast, Shane Watson said, “In the last game, where Delhi Capitals played against them, there was something tiny bit different with Virat. Because I have seen him before, I have played against him and with him for a couple of years at RCB. It looked like his energy was a little bit different, a little bit off. The thing with Virat is that he is always so amped every time he goes out to bat, every time he is in the field.”
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He further added, “And the other night, it was just the other night I felt his battery was just a tiny bit off. In the end, he is human, even though everything he has done is just about he’s superhuman, especially with the intensity he has been able to take to every single game but at some stage and it wouldn’t surprise me if in and around the Indian stuff or him stepping down as captain, that’s going to suck a lot of energy out of him because I know how much it meant to him.”
Virat Kohli had first stepped down as India’s T20I skipper and then Rohit Sharma was made the ODI skipper as chief selector Chetan Sharma in a press conference explained how the selectors planned to have one captain for the white-ball formats. After the Test series loss against South Africa, Kohli then gave up the captaincy in the longest format of the game as well.
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Talking about the same, Shane Watson said, “Whatever went on there would have been a big call for him to step down as captain for India. So, at some stage it is going to take a toll in a little way. The energy is a tiny bit off but if he gets into a battle on the field, he’ll find that energy it straight away because that’s the type of batsman he is and type of person he is. He’s always up for a battle. He will find that switch, he’ll find it.”
