Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson says, India’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli is a good player to stay down for long. Virat Kohli will soon be out of despair.
According to the “Reuters”, Shane Watson says in ICC’s review program regarding Virat Kohli. He is away from cricket for a month.
Therefore, It will be sure to perform well in this Asia Cup. Because later The T20 World Cup is going to held in Australia.
Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen of his era. He is not able to show a special performance for a long time. He has not completed a century in international cricket since his 70th match in a Test match in November 2019.
India open the Asia Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28. Where few players are under more pressure in the T20 tournament than the 33-year-old Virat Kohli.
Shane Watson says that Virat Kohli had enough time to recover, to take stock of what happened and to stabilize himself mentally and physically.
He says that Virat Kohli himself is a good enough player to make up for this shortfall.
He will recover after facing a few balls in the field and become physically and mentally stable with it.
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Virat Kohli rules out of the T20 series against the West Indies but is a key player in India’s plans for this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
Former Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri suggested Virat Kohli take some time away from the game to assess himself.
But Shane Warne says long spells on the sidelines are not always ideal.
Shane Watson says that when you stay out more than a month, your skills start to diminish to some extent.
Therefore, you need some time to get your batting and bowling right.
He said that a month is enough to give you some time to rest and refresh yourself and feel that you are neither losing your momentum nor losing your skills in a big way.