No lean patch for Kohli, insists India batting coach
India's batting coach played down concerns Monday about the recent poor batting form of Virat Kohli, saying he was on the brink of scoring some "big runs".
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India vs West Indies, 1st T20I: Focus firmly on T20 World Cup
Batting coach Rathour prefers Rishabh Pant in the middle-order for West Indies T20IsKOLKATA: It's almost eight months to the next T20 World Cup and the Indian team management has the global event in mind as they begin the three-match T20 International series against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday. The team think-tank will get more than 10 T20I matches apart from the India Premier League (IPL) and the Asia Cup series to sort out its final squad for the T20 WC in Australia.
India vs West Indies: What India Batting Coach Vikram Rathour Said On Rishabh Pant Opening In T20Is
India batting coach Vikram Rathour said the team has not yet decided whether it would be experimenting again in the T20I series against the West Indies by opening the batting with Rishabh Pant. The wicketkeeper-batter opened the batting in the second ODI against the West Indies last week and batted at No.5 when Shikhar Dhawan was back in the mix in the final match. "We haven't really decided that yet, we still have a couple of days to go. We had a travel day and rest day, so today we have our first practice day, once we get to look at the wicket and the kind of surface we are playing," said Rathour while replying to an ANI query during a virtual press conference on Monday.
Don't Think Virat Kohli Going Through A Lean Patch: India Batting Coach Vikram Rathour Ahead Of West Indies T20Is
Virat Kohli's prolonged lean patch is not a concern for the Indian team, batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Monday, expressing confidence that the superstar batter would be back among runs in the upcoming T20I series against West Indies in Kolkata. The 33-year-old, whose tenure as India captain across formats came to an end last month, had a disappointing run in the recently-concluded three match ODI series with a total score of 26 runs at an average of 8.6 with a best of 18.
India vs West Indies: Don't think Virat Kohli is going through a lean patch, says Vikram Rathour
Virat Kohli's prolonged lean patch is not a concern for the Indian team, batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Monday, expressing confidence that the superstar batter would be back among runs in the upcoming T20I series against West Indies here. The 33-year-old, whose tenure as India captain across formats came to an end last month, had a disappointing run in the recently-concluded three match ODI series with a total score of 26 runs at an average of 8.6 with a best of 18. Rathour said it does not mean lack of form as Kohli has been doing well in the nets. "I don't think he's going through a lean phase. I understand he had a poor series against the West Indies (in ODIs) but no conversation as such," Rathour said in a media interaction in the build-up to the three-match T20I series beginning at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.