India’s veteran batsman Virat Kohli is not having the best of times as an international cricketer. The 36-year-old has struggled everywhere with his technique in recent games.
However, Kohli aims to overcome his weakness and make some appearances for Delhi ahead of the Ranji Trophy match. He had a long chat with former India Batting coach Sanjay Bangar in the nets and even with him.
According to PTI, Virat Kohli has called Sanjay Bangar to make some kind of recovery. Bangar arranged a training session for Kohli at a Mumbai facility where he is believed to have personally developed under his supervision.
Sanjay Bangar was India’s batting coach when Kohli was in the prime of his career. Bangar also worked with Kohli earlier in the RCB team management. The former India Batting Coach was seen accompanying Kohli with a couple of shots from 16 meters.
The focus continued to be on Kohli developing a strong backhand game that allowed him to play rising balls outside the off-stump. The training session also focused on creating more shooting square of the wicket.
🚨 Focus on Virat Kohli Backfoot Game 🚨
– Virat Kohli’s experiment with Sanjay Bangar was to develop the backcourt game and create more pitches of the wicket. (Pty) pic.twitter.com/pf2igh8rko
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The portable cement slab can be fed with a ball of balls that rises sharply beyond the stump, behind a region whose length can be called the edge area.
Kohli faced a lot of trouble against such deliveries in the Australian Test Tour, where the balls bounced more after a good length. This led to his dismissal. time during the series.
We need to create more scoring opportunities
It should be noted that Virat Kohli is naturally a front-footer and does not rely much on the back-foot. However, in outdoor conditions where the balls are moving late, a batter tends to play the ball late and use the back game to perfection.
Over the years, Kohli has relied on his trademark cover drive, but this shot has been his downfall over the past few months. The idea of ​​the practice session was to ensure that the goal areas were intact, while not receiving too many too many balls.
Over the years, Kohli has scored most of his runs in front of the wicket with his traditional shots. However, he aims to develop his backline game to further expand his scoring opportunities.
Virat Kohli’s last test form
Virat Kohli put together 2000 runs at an average of 23.75 in Australia where he put together 190 in Australia. He was constantly worried about balls outside the off-stump and his entire dismissal was similar to the way his outside edge went to the wicketkeeper or the slip fielder.
After playing the upcoming Ranji trophy game, Kohli will take part in the Odi series against England and then the champions trophy where India’s chances are key. The 36-year-old has a good record in ICC tournaments and the ODI format.
