Cricket: Indian coach Gautam Gambhir has hit out at critics of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, with Gambhir adamant they will turn their form around.
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Lee could not believe his ears when he heard Ricky Ponting querying the form of Indian talisman Virat Kohli ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy beginning in Perth next Thursday.
“That is a bad move, Ricky. What are you doing? You are going to fire that guy up. He is a world class player and he will fire up out here,” Lee said on Fox Cricket’s podcastPonting had noted that Kohli has struggled to produce his best cricket in his 30s, with the Indian star notching only two centuries and 11 half-centuries in his last 60 Test innings. He has averaged 22.72 in six Tests in 2024 to date.
But Ponting is mindful that Kohli saves his best form for Australia, a view that is held by former greats and Fox Cricket experts including Adam Gilchrist, Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh. “And Kohli, who has worried them over the years, what a stunning player he’s been, but in sport, if you sense that the King of the jungle is slightly weaker, you poke a bit of cheek at him.
While India lost all three Tests to New Zealand in a massive upset on home soil, Lee expects them to bounce back in Australia and believes they are capable of retaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 01: Ricky Ponting of the Hobart Hurricanes looks on during the 2024-25 BBL and WBBL Draft at NEP Studios on September 01, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. “ our batting is fragile. It is probably one of the weaker batting line-ups I have seen for an Australian Test side in a long while. McSweeney is going to come in and he is under pressure, because he has never batted as an opener, and I think that is a specialist position.
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