The Indian cricket staff emerged triumphant 2-0 within the Test collection towards Bangladesh however the scoreline would not give a real reflection of how the collection turned out. In the second Test, the staff needed to depend on runs from Ravichandran Ashwin to safe victory because the top-order batters, together with stand-in skipper KL Rahul and Virat Kohli continued to wrestle. Kohli’s efficiency was such that even his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma did not budge from criticising him. He even stated that the style wherein Virat is getting out is ‘not acceptable’.

In a chat on India News Sports, Rajkumar Sharma stated that it’s ‘unlucky’ to see a batter of the category of Virat Kohli struggling towards spinners from Bangladesh.

“A batter is quite disappointed after he gets out, and Virat Kohli is very aggressive by nature,” he stated on India News Sports. “But the way he has been getting out is not acceptable. It’s unfortunate to see a batter of his stature struggle against Bangladeshi spinners. He should have shown more intent.

Rajkumar has also suggested Kohli to bat with a free mindset, with the intent being to unsettle the spinners.

“With each the mid-on and mid-off fielders contained in the circle, he might have performed a bit extra freely. Unless you unsettle a spinner, he’s not going to allow you to play. You must do one thing revolutionary like taking part in a slog sweep or sweeping an outdoor off ball,” he further explained.

India’s top four batters, including Rahul and star batter Virat Kohli, has been struggling against spin for a while now. Team India is still in contention for World Test Championship (WTC) finals and they will have to win big against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy next year. India will be favourites no doubt, having lost only two Tests in the last decade at home. But their batting does not exude the same confidence like it used to.

With PTI inputs

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