‘Leave Virat alone…’ Why did the Indian veteran speak on Kohli playing Ranji Trophy?

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|01-02-2025

Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli did not have a good return to the Ranji Trophy and got a chance to play in just one innings, in which he could also score only 6. However, there was a lot of enthusiasm and discussion about Kohli's return to Ranji cricket. Kohli's decision to return to the Ranji Trophy came after the BCCI's directive, in which all the senior players were asked to play domestic cricket. But a former veteran of Team India believes that it is not right to force a player like Kohli to play Ranji Trophy.

Kohli made a comeback from the Ranji Trophy match played between Delhi and Railways. The match was not privately good for Kohli but Delhi won the match by a margin of one innings and 19 runs. While everyone is praising the fact that the strictness of BCCI forced big players like Kohli to return to domestic cricket, while former batsman Ambati Rayudu did not agree with this. He believes that it is not right to force a player like Kohli.

Trust Kohli

Former veteran batsman Rayudu, who is often in the discussion due to targeting Virat Kohli and his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore, wrote in his X post that there is no problem in Kohli's technology and he only needs to give time. Rayudu wrote, "At this time Virat Kohli does not need Ranji. His technology was good at the time of scoring 81 centuries and it is going to be good even further. No one should force them to do anything. They need time to feel good again. "

Rayudu also appealed to trust Kohli and honor him and said that he needs to leave alone at this time, which will make the spark inside him again again.

Failed in Ranji, now ODI eye

The tour of Australia was not good for Virat Kohli and there were only 190 runs from his bat. Since then, the pressure on them has increased and their place in Team India is under threat. At such a time, after 12 years, he came out to play the Ranji Trophy, where he was expected to perform well but it could not happen. Now everyone's eyes are on the ODI series against England, which will start from 6 February.

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