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Follow UsA lot of concerns have been raised on the form of former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli across all formats. The 33-year-old’s last century across formats was way back in November 2019, against Bangladesh. Since the start of the England tour, Kohli has scores of 11, 20, 1, 11 and 16.
Earlier, former World-Cup winning skipper, Kapil Dev was critical of Kohli, questioning the 33-year-old’s place in the Indian playing XI. In the latest interview, Dev backed the former Indian skipper to return to form.
"It's not like India haven't played without Virat in the last five to six years, but I want such a player to be back in form. He might have been dropped or rested but there's still a lot of cricket left in him," Dev told ABP News.
"Play Ranji Trophy or score runs anywhere. His confidence needs to be back. This is the difference between a great and a good player. A great player like him shouldn't take so much time to get back in form. He has to fight with himself and get things in order."
The former Indian all-rounder also insisted that playing more matches and getting practise will help Kohli to regain his form.
"The most important thing is how a player like Kohli can return to form. He's not an ordinary cricketer. He should get more practice, play more matches to get back to his old self. I don't think there's a bigger player than Kohli in T20s right now but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call.
Kohli was rested from the Indian squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against West Indies. Dev stated that the selectors should have mentioned the reason of his omission after the squad news.
"My thinking is that if anybody isn't doing well then he can be rested or dropped I can't say a player like Virat Kohli should be dropped. He's a big player. If you say he has been rested as mark of respect then there's no harm in that," added Dev.
