India vs England: Virat Kohli hasn’t really played well, says Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that Virat Kohli is not playing well currently and there is a technical glitch that has creeped into his game at the moment.
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Kohli disappointed with the bat in the second innings of the ongoing Lord’s Test as he was dismissed for 20. The India skipper chased a wide delivery bowled outside off-stump by Sam Curran, which resulted in an edge.
“That method has been successful for him. He has got 8000 Test runs with that back-and-across movement. But he is playing at deliveries way outside off stump and a little too early in the innings. This time around, the foot is somewhere else, the bat is somewhere else, which means that he hasn’t really played well,” Gavaskar said on the Sony Sports network.
“It could be about this much-talked-about word ‘intent’, but in a five-day game, every batsman goes in to score runs. It’s the method that differs,” he added.

Further talking about Kohli, Gavaskar said: “When you talk about trying to take the attack to the opposition…and if that is what the intent is, it can get you into trouble as we saw. I think every batsman should be left alone to find his own method. This is a Test match.”
“In ODIs and T20Is, it’s a completely different situation, but over here, what they need to look into is get themselves in and try to play in the old-fashioned ‘V’. Play only when you have fought through,” he added.
Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara scored 61 and 45 respectively as India ended Day 4 at 181/6, with the visitors extending their lead to 154.