Virat has achieved everything...': Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma lauds the batting legend ahead of Australia series

Virat Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma believes that the batting great doesn't need to prove anything, having already achieved everything in international cricket. Kohli is currently in Australia preparing for the three-match ODI series, which is scheduled to start from October 19.

Rajkumar Sharma for Virat Kohli's performance vs Australia

Kohli, who has retired from T20Is and Tests, will be seen donning the India jersey after seven months. His last international outing came in the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year, where India defeated New Zealand in the final to win the tournament. Rajkumar, who coached Kohli during his childhood, reckons that the batting great will do well in the Australia series.

While speaking to ANI, Rajkumar Sharma said, "Virat doesn't have to prove anything, he has achieved everything, the way he has played, the way he has won the matches for the country, everyone knows his contribution. He is well prepared, and whenever he is well prepared, the results are always good, and I have full faith that he will do well as usual."

There are speculations that the senior batting duo Rohit and Virat will retire soon from the ODIs as well. However, both have made their intentions clear about featuring in the 2027 World Cup.

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Rajkumar Sharma on Rohit Sharma

Sharma praised Kohli and Rohit Sharma, saying they've nothing to prove, as their contributions to Indian cricket are well-known. He believes they don't have to prove themselves at this stage.

"I would like to say that both of them are great players, and they have nothing left to prove, because the whole of India knows their contribution to Indian cricket, so if they have to prove themselves at this stage, then it will be a very funny thing," he added.

Indian squad vs Australia

Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.