Rohit Sharma has again backed the former captain when asked about Virat Kohli’s form after India’s defeat in the second ODI against England. The captain of the Indian cricket team also said that there is a lot of uproar on this matter. However, till now no player has been born whose form has never been in bad shape, so things have to be understood. Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England. Indian team lost that match by 100 runs.
When asked about Virat Kohli’s form after the match, Rohit Sharma said, “He has played for so long, he has played so many matches, he is such a great batsman, so he doesn’t need to explain to anyone.” The form keeps going up and down. I mean it’s a part and parcel of the game. Any cricket player who plays. This happens in everyone’s career.
He further said, ‘I think, a player who has played for so long, who has scored so many runs, who has won so many matches, he just needs one or two innings. I am sure everyone would think the same…. Anyone who watches cricket. We know that this topic is being discussed, we have seen for so many years that the performance of all the players goes up and down.
Rohit said, ‘But as I said last time the quality of a player is not bad. I think we have to keep this thing in mind. That man (Virat Kohli) has scored so many runs, you see his average. He has scored so many centuries. They have experience of this. Till now there has not been any player who has performed well whenever he has landed on the field. So there will definitely be a slight decline, it comes in everyone’s life.
On Team India’s performance in the second ODI, Rohit said, ‘Absolutely if you want to win the match, you have to take catches. We will try ahead, but we have bowled well. We didn’t allow this kind of team to score too many runs. Rohit Sharma also talked about the mood of the pitch.
He said, ‘I was surprised to see the pitch. It was thought that it would be batting friendly over time, but it became more and more difficult. We have a long batting line-up but our top-order batsmen should have done better. If we did, we would be ahead. We have to work according to the circumstances and act accordingly.