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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar advised Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to play county cricket to get their mojo back in the red-ball cricket before the England Test series scheduled to take place later this year in England. Rohit and Virat are currently going through a lean patch of their career.
The duo is currently in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 where 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 fifth Test.
On the other hand, Kohli who looked in good touch during the second inning of the first Test failed to carry the momentum and ended the series scoring 190 runs in five Test outings.
Manjrekar believes that Kohli is currently suffering from a lack of confidence despite trying his heart out to nullify his technical deficiency of poking at balls outside the off-stump. According to Manjrekar Kohli and Rohit should try and convince the selectors by featuring in the county.
“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.
India vs England five Test match series will be hosted by England Cricket Board (ECB) which is scheduled to start from June 20.
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