Michael Vaughan urges out-of-form Virat Kohli to take a sabbatical from cricket: Go and sit on a seaside

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged Virat Kohli to take a sabbatical from the sport as he feels {that a} three-month break will assist the star batter.

Kohli has been going by way of a lean patch (Courtesy: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTSKohli has been going by way of a lean patchVaughan has mentioned that the previous Indian skipper wants a three-month break from the sportVaughan additionally expressed his displeasure with the schedule for the ODIs and T20Is between India and England

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged Virat Kohli to take a sabbatical from cricket as his lean patch continued within the recently-concluded Test match at Edgbaston.

Kohli’s struggles have been well-documented as the previous India captain had an detached IPL 2022 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 33-year-old hasn’t scored 100 in all three codecs since 2019.

Many pundits have suggested the star batter to take a break from the sport and Vaughan is the newest to counsel the identical factor.

During a chat with Cricbuzz, the previous England captain advised that Kohli wants a three-month break from cricket and it’ll assist him going ahead.

“I look at Virat in particular. I knew he had a little bit of a rest at the end of the IPL. But he just looks to me like he needs a sabbatical. He looks like he needs three months away from cricket. Go and sit on a beach.”

“Go and do what you can with your family because a career of 20 years, which he probably will end up getting because he’s such a good player.. To have a three months break, is it going to affect him? No. Will it help him? Yes,” mentioned Vaughan.

Vaughan additionally expressed his displeasure with the schedule for the upcoming ODI and T20I sequence between India and England. Both groups will play three matches every in each the sequence and the previous England skipper mentioned that it could be unimaginable for all-format gamers to carry out.

“I just look at the schedule for India and England. It’s ridiculous. We’ll see more and more of this over the next few years. It’s just impossible that all-format players will be able to play all three formats. The management of all these teams are going to have to be very clever in terms of giving them a breather,” mentioned Vaughan.

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