This promising batsman is paying the price for being born in Kohli era, Gambhir is unable to give him a place in Team India despite wanting to

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|20-09-2024

Team India: On the first day of the first Test match being played between India and Bangladesh (IND vs BAN), Team India was successful in scoring 339 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Due to which the Indian team has now reached a strong position. In the first innings of the first Test match, the top order of Team India was completely flopped.

In the first innings of the Chennai Test, veteran batsman Virat Kohli could not do anything special and was out after scoring just 6 runs. Kohli has returned to the Test format after a long time. But he could not do anything special. Let us tell you that due to Kohli, a promising batsman is not getting a chance.

Kohli flopped in his comeback match

This promising batsman is paying the price for being born in Kohli era, Gambhir is unable to give him a place in Team India despite wanting to

Let us tell you that before the Bangladesh Test series, Virat Kohli played a Test match against South Africa in January 2024. Because, Kohli did not play in the 5 Test match series played against England. Due to which it was now expected that Virat Kohli's bat would speak loudly in his comeback Test match against Bangladesh.

But this did not happen and in the first innings of the first Test match, Kohli was out after scoring 6 runs in 6 balls. However, Kohli will still have a chance in the second innings and he would like to play a big innings.

This player is not getting a chance because of Kohli

Let us tell you that Virat Kohli did not play in the 5 Test match series against England. So promising batsman Sarfaraz Khan got a chance in the middle order. Sarfaraz Khan used this opportunity brilliantly and played many excellent innings.

But as soon as Virat Kohli returned, Sarfaraz Khan was dropped from the playing 11. In order to give Kohli a chance in the playing 11, head coach Gautam Gambhir is not able to give him a chance in Team India's playing 11 despite wanting to.

Sarfaraz Khan had a great performance

Let us tell you that Mumbai's young batsman Sarfaraz Khan has performed very well in domestic cricket. Due to which he got a chance to debut for Team India in the Test series played against England. During this time, Sarfaraz Khan scored 200 runs in 5 innings of 3 Test matches at an average of 50. While till now he has also scored 3 half-centuries.

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