Virat’s cowl drive: ‘His strength is also his weakness’

For tenth successive abroad Test innings, Virat Kohli bought out, chasing deliveries outdoors off stump. After the day’s play, India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour recommended that the skipper wanted to be extra considered by way of choosing the balls.
If Lungi Ngidi had induced Kohli to play away from his physique within the first innings, this time it was the rookie pacer Marco Jansen who bought him. On each events, Kohli had performed himself in and was trying to be in management. For two years on the spin, India’s greatest batsman failed to attain a Test hundred. If the pandemic-hit 2020 had little or no long-form cricket, Kohli performed 11 Tests in 2021.

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The cowl drive has been his signature shot and Rathour backed the captain to proceed with it. “This is the shot that brings him lots of runs, this is his scoring shot. So, he needs to play that shot and I think it’s always your strength that turns out to be your weakness as well. When to play that shot, that’s the part there are constant discussions; was it the right ball, was it the right stage to play that shot. If we can tighten up our gameplans just a little more, that will be better,” Rathour stated on the post-day press convention.

Virat Kohli’s dismissal in each the innings. pic.twitter.com/kZmY4if6qi
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In 2003-2004, throughout his 241 in opposition to Australia in Sydney, Sachin Tendulkar fully shunned the duvet drive and drove in direction of mid-off as an alternative to cancel out caught-behind and slip cordon. But Rathour backed Kohli to play the shot, whereas suggesting warning. “That’s the shot he plays well. That’s the shot he scores loads of runs. So he has to carry on playing that shot. But he needs to pick maybe better balls at times.”