SA vs IND: Virat Kohli’s tendency to lunge ahead is hindering his batting, says Sanjay Manjrekar

South Africa vs India: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar stated that he wish to see Virat Kohli play on the backfoot extra typically as his tendency to get on the frontfoot is making him weak. Kohli was dismissed for 35 and 18 within the first Test. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSKohli fell to equivalent dismissals in each innings of the first TestManjrekar stated that Kohli has to cease being a frontfoot batterIndia’s second Test in opposition to South Africa begins on MondayIndia captain Virat Kohli’s tendency to get on the entrance foot whatever the supply he’s going through is hindering his batting, former batter Sanjay Manjrekar has stated. Kohli’s look ahead to a global century, which has gone on for over two years, continued within the first Test as he was dismissed in nearly equivalent method in each innings.

Kohli was caught at slips in each innings whereas reaching for a ball exterior off stump away from his physique.”Clearly, a guy who is going through an inevitable bad patch. You start losing confidence and then all got confused. I’m sure there is lot of advice coming in his direction on leaving the balls outside the off-stump. But then, he might be thinking if he starts leaving those balls, where do I get those runs? Because cover drive is one of his main shots,” stated Manjrekar on ESPNCricinfo.Batting nice Sunil Gavaskar had stated after the match, which India gained by 113 runs, that Kohli may attempt chatting with Sachin Tendulkar about fully avoiding his trademark cowl drive, which the latter had famously carried out in Sydney in 2003 and went on to attain a double century. Manjrekar, nevertheless, stated that he would not ask Kohli to go away balls exterior off fully.”Something that I noticed for a year and a half, is the technique that Virat Kohli has started to trust, which is about lunging forward and getting onto that front foot no matter what. And that is hindering a lot of his batting. If you look at the strike rate in last year or so, against New Zealand in WTC to the first innings in South Africa, 30-40. It is all to do because he is only playing on the front foot,” he stated.”I wouldn’t advice him leaving balls outside off-stump. Maybe just the one thing he can do is start getting on the backfoot a little and not be a batter who is on the front foot no matter what. It makes the bowler’s job a lot easier. If he starts using the crease, he will find that he will get a lot of loose balls. Otherwise, tall fast bowlers on these pitches just keep hitting the deck and those turn out to be great bowls for Virat Kohli because he uses that front foot,” stated Manjrekar.Click right here for IndiaRight this moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.