Is rest doing virat kohli any good?

[game_changerr]

NEW DELHI: Has the BCCI missed a trick by not including Virat Kohli in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup, or even the India A and Board President's XI teams which play warm-up matches against Australia? Kohli, arguably India's brightest new-generation batting hope, hasn't exactly been in sparkling form this season and a stint in either of these teams could have served him well ahead of the crucial Tests against Australia. Denied match practice by the Indian cricket board, Kohli is now simulating match situations and making crucial technical adjustments ahead of the Tests by training here under long time coach Rajkumar Sharma. Although his ODI career so far has been spectacular - he won the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2012 - Kohli is aware that doubts remain about his ability to replicate that success in the longer format. Worryingly, his consistency has dipped across formats in recent times: since the unbeaten 128 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2012, he has only two scores above 30 from nine ODIs, including the 77 not out against England in Ranchi. In Tests, he got a hundred against England in Nagpur but that knock came after a string of low scores. After a good series against the Kiwis last August, his sequence of scores against England read 19, 14 not out, 19, 7, 6, 20 and finally the 103 in the fourth Test. "It would have been good if he had played in some of the warm-up matches. It was BCCI's choice. That decision had nothing to do with us," Sharma told TOI. "Maybe the rest will do him good. Here in the academy, we are simulating Test-match situations. I tell Kohli about field placements, like three slips, a gully, even a forward short-leg and he has to adjust his shots accordingly. "We are also working on him leaving a lot of deliveries. Virat tends to push at the ball in ODIs but for the Tests, he has to get rid of the habit. He is a tough guy and a hard worker. He knows he needs a slight temperament-shift for Tests. He is focusing on staying longer at the crease, yet scoring briskly." Former India opener Aakash Chopra, Kohli's former teammate in the Delhi Ranji team, says the batsman must learn to deal with patches of indifferent form. "He has some technical glitches and there will be stages in his career when Kohli will go through bad form. For example, he has a short, back-and-across forward stride which makes him susceptible to balls that are pitched fuller and moving. More than the Irani Cup, where the quality of Mumbai's bowling isn't very good, Kohli and Gautam Gambhir both should have been played in the warm-up matches." Former India all-rounder Madan Lal agrees the BCCI didn't give this too much thought but is hopeful Kohli will hit form against Australia. "Kohli has the right ideas. I don't know if he needed rest. People groomed on the longer format find it less difficult to adjust to shorter formats. But with so much ODIs and T20 being played, younger international batsmen these days have to consciously make changes for Tests, which is not easy. So the more you play, the better it is." Every batsman goes through bad form, but the very best can shrug it off sooner than the others. Can Kohli afford another patchy series against Australia src-times of india

[game_changerr]

chalo.at least he is sweating out in his academy,,i tht he was busy in ad-shoot

[Old guy]

chalo.at least he is sweating out in his academy' date=',i tht he was busy in ad-shoot[/quote'] plz never question work ethic of guys like kohli and rahane... kohli gives his all in each game he plays even haters cant deny this and he wants to improve even raina is hard worker its people like bhajji who piss me of

[vamos_rafa]

Kohli could have played but it's fine. But, any news on Gambhir?? Why the heck is he resting? Is he tired of getting out the same ways? Has he been selected for any of the matches?

[SLICKR392]

plz never question work ethic of guys like kohli and rahane... kohli gives his all in each game he plays even haters cant deny this and he wants to improve even raina is hard worker its people like bhajji who piss me of

Just "giving his best" isn't enough, you have to deliver. Isn't that the reason everyone has a go at Raina here on ICF? He (Kohli) deserved the rest but its about time he starts performing in big stages unlike scoring against NZ or SL consistently. P.S : About the "ad" comment from game_changer I don't see anything wrong in that. You have to give that to Kohli his acting skills have improved immensely. :giggle:

[Old guy]

Just "giving his best" isn't enough, you have to deliver. Isn't that the reason everyone has a go at Raina here on ICF? He (Kohli) deserved the rest but its about time he starts performing in big stages unlike scoring against NZ or SL consistently. P.S : About the "ad" comment from game_changer I don't see anything wrong in that. You have to give that to Kohli his acting skills have improved immensely. :giggle:

performance is not the discussion here... its work ethic for game we are talking abt...this guy takes every game seriously and even after gr8 year n odis after every bad performance u can see anger itsnever just another game even after losing... so i think he deserves rest even if he does not plays here u cant question his commitment.. he plays every format,every match give him break this might do him good cos there is nothing wrong with him now will u question pujara too? why ia he not playing?

[SLICKR392]

performance is not the discussion here... its work ethic for game we are talking abt...this guy takes every game seriously and even after gr8 year n odis after every bad performance u can see anger itsnever just another game even after losing... so i think he deserves rest even if he does not plays here u cant question his commitment.. he plays every format,every match give him break this might do him good cos there is nothing wrong with him now will u question pujara too? why ia he not playing?

Pujara performed where it was needed, Kohli did not, simple as that.

He (Kohli) deserved the rest but its about time he starts performing in big stages unlike scoring against NZ or SL consistently.

About the work ethic. What's the use of all the hard work if you don't perform, respect or disrespect him for it. At the end of the day what matters is how well you perform in the field. :dontknow:

[Old guy]

Pujara performed where it was needed, Kohli did not, simple as that. About the work ethic. What's the use of all the hard work if you don't perform, respect or disrespect him for it. At the end of the day what matters is how well you perform in the field. :dontknow:

again we are not discussing abt respect,effectiveness,topic is he took rest can u blame his commitment?yes or no? this is the topic... pujara has not played odis and matches in some time..why does performance even matter when we are talking abt practice and commitment or lack of it if he skipped it? why double standards?

[SLICKR392]

again we are not discussing abt respect' date='effectiveness,topic is he took rest can u blame his commitment?[b']yes or no? this is the topic... pujara has not played odis and matches in some time..why does performance even matter when we are talking abt practice and commitment or lack of it if he skipped it? why double standards?

NO. In my POV I don't believe in commitment or ethics if you don't perform on the field. I'm a fan of Gambhir and I used to respect his dedication but now when he talks about commitment and working hard it just seems like a joke when he has been performing utter poorly for the past few years.

why does performance even matter when we are talking abt practice and commitment or lack of it if he skipped it?

What are all those practices and commitments for? Celkon ads?

[Old guy]

NO. In my POV I don't believe in commitment or ethics if you don't perform on the field. I'm a fan of Gambhir and I used to respect his dedication but now when he talks about commitment and working hard it just seems like a joke when he has been performing utter poorly for the past few years. What are all those practices and commitments for? Celkon ads?

yar hadd hai we are not talking abt performance here is virat kohli lazy ,uncommited guy who does not cares bt his performance and prefers to party more,shoot adds more than play cricket? does he takes each and every game lightly and does not cares abt team? criticize his performance but not commitment and this thread is not abt performance..hope u get wht im saying.. just bcos performances are not coming u cant criticize his commitment also ask for his dropping for team cos of non performance if he is performing tht badly but even then u cant question his commitment which this thread is about! even now he is working hard on his game in nca no?

[Old guy]

chalo.at least he is sweating out in his academy' date=',i tht he was busy in ad-shoot[/quote'] read this slickr:winky:

[SLICKR392]

yar hadd hai we are not talking abt performance here is virat kohli lazy ,uncommited guy who does not cares bt his performance and prefers to party more,shoot adds more than play cricket? does he takes each and every game lightly and does not cares abt team? criticize his performance but not commitment and this thread is not abt performance..hope u get wht im saying.. just bcos performances are not coming u cant criticize his commitment also ask for his dropping for team cos of non performance if he is performing tht badly but even then u cant question his commitment which this thread is about! even now he is working hard on his game in nca no?

Well it does seem he prefers that over cricket now. :--D

[Old guy]

from article

It would have been good if he had played in some of the warm-up matches. It was BCCI's choice. That decision had nothing to do with us," Sharma told TOI.

[Old guy]

Well it does seem he prefers that over cricket now. :--D

read article ...

[SLICKR392]

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What does that have to do with argument above? I don't mind him being rested but if he deserves respect for his ethics or commitment then so does Raina or Gambhir who are rather bashed here about the same reason I was arguing over. "They don't matter if you don't perform".

[Old guy]

What does that have to do with argument above? I don't mind him being rested but if he deserves respect for his ethics or commitment then so does Raina or Gambhir who are rather bashed here about the same reason I was arguing over. "They don't matter if you don't perform".

lol plz re read wht i said i said performance does not matter here as its warm up...they both should play(kohli and pujara) as pujara ha not p.ayed any match lately now discussion in this thre was mor abt commitmnt did i ever uestion commitment of raina? now another thing if he does not performs DROP HIM dont question his commitment for his team ..hope u get it now

[Marut]

Every batsman goes through bad form, but the very best can shrug it off sooner than the others. Can Kohli afford another patchy series against Australia Yes, he can get away with another patchy series, but one more after that and he will no longer be looked upon as a bright test prospect until he proves otherwise. Yuvraj exploded into the ODI scene like Kohli, but never made it big on the test stage, and successive failures by Kohli now will make him look like a clone of Yuvraj (rather than Sachin/Dravid) until proved otherwise.

[Old guy]

Every batsman goes through bad form, but the very best can shrug it off sooner than the others. Can Kohli afford another patchy series against Australia Yes, he can get away with another patchy series, but one more after that and he will no longer be looked upon as a bright test prospect until he proves otherwise. Yuvraj exploded into the ODI scene like Kohli, but never made it big on the test stage, and successive failures by Kohli now will make him look like a clone of Yuvraj (rather than Sachin/Dravid) until proved otherwise.

agree...

[SLICKR392]

lol plz re read wht i said i said performance does not matter here as its warm up...they both should play(kohli and pujara) as pujara ha not p.ayed any match lately now discussion in this thre was mor abt commitmnt did i ever uestion commitment of raina? now another thing if he does not performs DROP HIM dont question his commitment for his team ..hope u get it now

Arre :mad: I wasn't mentioning you or Kohli's warm up I was stating what other mention when they bash a Raina or Gambhir.

[Karan114]

Every batsman goes through bad form, but the very best can shrug it off sooner than the others. Can Kohli afford another patchy series against Australia Yes, he can get away with another patchy series, but one more after that and he will no longer be looked upon as a bright test prospect until he proves otherwise. Yuvraj exploded into the ODI scene like Kohli, but never made it big on the test stage, and successive failures by Kohli now will make him look like a clone of Yuvraj (rather than Sachin/Dravid) until proved otherwise.

Though I agree Kohli has a long, long way to go before achieving consistency in Test cricket, it is harsh to compare him with an abject Test failure like Yuvraj Singh. Put it this way, Kohli already has 3 centuries from 14 Tests - the same number Yuvraj made in 40. He also made a century outside Asia within his first 8 Tests - something Yuvraj has never achieved in a decade long career. Hell, Yuvraj has only 2 fifties outside the subcontinent! So whilst the jury is out on Kohli the Test player, he is already an awful lot better than a complete failure like Yuvraj.