Former head coach of the Indian cricket team, Ravi Shastri believes that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should play some domestic cricket to get back into form and regain form. The debacle in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy led to severe criticism for both Rohit and Kohli as both failed to score any runs. During this time, veteran players like Sunil Gavaskar raised the demand that these two senior players of Team India should play Ranji Trophy.

Rohit Sharma scored 31 runs in five innings in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Whereas Virat Kohli, despite scoring a century in the opening match of the series in Perth, scored 190 runs in nine innings. The failure of these two was the main reason due to which India could not score more than 200 runs continuously.

Rohit found different ways to get out, and his form was so poor that the Indian captain decided to “opt out” of the series decider in Sydney, leading to Jasprit Bumrah captaining the team in the last match of the series. . On the other hand, Virat Kohli was out on outside off stump balls in this entire series.

Speaking to the ICC, Ravi Shastri said, “If there is any gap for him, I think he should go back and play some domestic cricket and see how it is. Because when you play Test matches for such a long time, “If you play cricket, it is important to play domestic cricket for two reasons, you are at par with the current generation (and) you can contribute to that younger generation with your experience.”

Ravi Shastri further said, “More importantly, you get a chance to play spin more than ever before. So if you look at India record-wise, India are not the greatest on turning tracks. If you have the opposition There are good spinners in the team so they can trouble you and they have troubled India.

The next round of Ranji Trophy starts from January 23 and it remains to be seen whether Rohit and Kohli make themselves available for Mumbai and Delhi or not. Ravi Shastri also said that it all depends on the hunger and desire of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The former India coach also believes that playing domestic cricket will help both of them face spinners on turning tracks.

Before the series against Australia, India played a three-match series against New Zealand at home. During this, India had to face defeat by 0-3. After this India had to face 1-3 defeat against Australia. India has failed to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) for the first time.

Ravi Shastri further said, “They may have been lucky to win some series, but you saw how New Zealand exposed them before coming to Australia. So I will leave it to them. And besides, “It’s hunger and desire. One is 36. They know how hungry they are.”

Ravi Shastri also believes that there is still scope for Virat Kohli to contribute to Indian cricket, as he can help groom the youngsters. Ravi Shastri said, “So I think the contributing factor in this team is change and youngsters coming into the ranks. If you look at Jaiswal, he is 23 years old. You see Shubman Gill at 22, 23 ( 25 years old) Nitish Reddy is 21 years old.

Ravi Shastri added, “There are a lot of players. Rishabh Pant, he is still very young. He is 25 or 26 years old. So there are a lot of people out there who have the experience of a player of Virat Kohli’s calibre.” Can take advantage.”

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