Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma should play county cricket: Sanjay Manjrekar

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma should play county cricket: Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar said that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should play county cricket to revive their Test career before the tour of England next year.Both Virat and Rohit have had a torrid time in the ongoing five-match Test series against Australia. Rohit played three Tests on the tour and managed a top score of 10. After a string of low scores,he did not feature in the playing XI for the New Year’s Test.
Virat Kohli, on the other hand, scored a masterful hundred in the second innings of the Perth Test and helped India win by 295 runs. But apart from that, he has found it tough to get going. Moreover, balls outside the off stump have troubled him and Kohli has got out caught behind quite a few times.
Manjrekar said that Kohli is suffering from a lack of confidence despite trying his heart out to nullify his technical deficiency of poking at balls outside the off-stump. Manjrekar mentioned that by playing county cricket, Kohli and Rohit should try and convince the selectors they are good enough to continue playing Test cricket.
“Virat Kohli, with the body of work he has had, his impact and tenacity every time he comes, he’s giving his very best. All the confidence he had is getting eroded. He’s backing himself, giving himself the best chance with his fitness and application. But clearly, there is a technical problem and now; there is a problem of confidence as well,” Manjrekar told Star Sports.
“The next series is not going to be easy for Virat as in England, it will be more or less the same. There will be swinging balls outside the off stump. But if both Rohit and Virat intend to continue, and the selectors want to back them, I would like to see both of them play county cricket and convince the people who will take the big call whether they are ready. Retirement is up to the individual while leaving people out is up to the selectors,” Manjrekar added.
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