Gautam Gambhir and his associates are not worth talking to Virat Kohli? Big statement from former bowling coach

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|10-01-2025

Veterans from all over the world talked about Virat Kohli's poor form. Now two former Indian cricketers Bharat Arun and S Badrinath have discussed the form of Virat Kohli. During this, Badrinath asked Bharat Arun how the coach of the Indian team talks to Virat Kohli. Do they take any kind of input from them? During this, Bharat Arun remembered Ravi Shastri who used to help Virat Kohli a lot when he was the head coach of Team India. According to Bharat Arun, there is no one in the current coaching staff who can talk to Kohli about the shortcomings of his batting. In this way, Bharat has targeted Gautam Gambhir in the name of Shastri.

It is noteworthy that when Ravi Shastri was the head coach of Team India, Bharan Arun was the bowling coach of the Indian team. He has seen Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli together closely. In response to Badrinath's question, India said, 'When you say that he is the number 1 batsman in the world, then obviously Virat will ask questions, he will ask how are you saying, what mistake did I make, I scored runs, you did not do that. Why didn't you tell me the time?

Kohli's game changed after Shastri's advice

Bharat clearly said that the coach should always be ready to give advice to Virat Kohli regarding batting. He remembered the 2014 England tour. He told that Shastri told him, 'You stand at the leg stump, it swings in England, you cannot stand here, stand at the middle stump, come outside the crease, you are the owner of the crease. Kohli followed it in Australia and scored four centuries.

Even the greatest batsmen had weaknesses

Bharat further said, if you want to point out weaknesses, even the greatest batsmen will have them, it is about how they deal with them and Kohli is built on doing that. It's about mentality, cricket is almost 90% mental game, all the special players will have a personal coach whom they really trust which Kohli has too.

Kohli-Shastri complement each other

Bharat further described Kohli and Shastri as complements to each other. He said, 'Shastri is one of them, they really complement each other, when Shastri said this crease is yours, you own it, he would stand with Kohli in the nets and throw down from the front and give him the crease. Will be asked to stand outside and face him. Kohli took it with confidence and followed it in Australia.

Need that stature to talk to Kohli

The former coach further said, it is important to keep the coach separate, this gave confidence. However, to say this to Kohli, one should have the kind of stature and confidence that Ravi Shastri had, which I think the coaching staff currently does not have.

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