"Got Out To Forgettable Shots": Sunil Gavaskar On Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma's Performance vs Pakistan

30.08.2022 - 07:01 sports.ndtv.com

While India registered a memorable five-wicket win against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday, there were a few headaches for the side too which they would want to sort out going forward.

Going into the humdinger, the focus was on India's top three and all three -- K L Rahul (0), Rohit Sharma (12 off 18) and Virat Kohli (35 off 34) -- did not have the best of times in the middle.

Though Kohli showed signs of returning to form, he rode his luck on occasions. Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar felt that the players need to score big. "Rahul played just one ball, so you can't judge anything from that.

Rohit and Kohli had the opportunity to bat for some time, they got runs. All these earlier times when people were talking about Kohli's form, I kept on saying that he is not having any luck. "Today, he had a lot of luck, drop catches, a lot of inside edges, which went so close to the stumps, he had the luck.

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