kohli: Vikram Rathour lauds Virat Kohli for being more disciplined | Cricket News – Times of India

CAPE TOWN: India batting coach Vikram Rathour on Tuesday said Virat Kohli reaped the rewards for being more disciplined in his off-side play before calling his team’s performance on Day 1 of the third Test “below par”.
India skipper Kohli was a picture of patience and perseverance in his well-crafted 79 but South Africa gained the upper hand by bowling out the visitors for an underwhelming 223.
“There was never concern with the way he (Kohli) was batting, I mean he was always batting well, I thought as a batting coach, I was never concerned that he is not batting well, he was looking very good in the nets, he was looking very good in the game also, he was getting starts.

“One good change today, he was more disciplined, I agree with that, so he really looked good, really good solid and with a bit of (more) luck, he could have converted into a big one, but I am happy (with) the way he played,” elaborated Rathour at the post day media interaction.
Kohli had been found wanting in the off-stump corridor heading into the third Test.
On the overall batting performance, Rathour did not sound too pleased.
“These are challenging conditions, not easy conditions to score runs in, but you are right, we are below par. We could have scored 50/60 more runs, that’s what we were at-least expecting,” Rathour said.

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According to the batting coach, there were soft dismissals in the later part of the innings and the batters could have done a better job.
“Virat played a phenomenal innings…Pujara was looking really good, but then they bowled a good spell in the morning, the conditions were overcast and they were challenging (for batting), but again I thought there were some soft dismissals in the later part of the innings, we could have done better definitely,” admitted Rathour.
The 52-year-old former India batter also said that they would hope to restrict South Africa to a low total on day two.

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In Pics: Kohli resolute as South Africa claim first day honours in third Test

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<p>Indian captain Virat Kohli made a resolute 79 but bowlers dominated the first day of the series-deciding third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday. (Reuters Photo)</p>

<p>Without a century in his previous 14 Tests, Kohli was clearly determined to make a major contribution on a day when most of his teammates struggled. Refusing to be tempted into playing any rash shots, Kohli was content to leave the majority of the balls he faced early in his innings. It took him 15 balls to score his first runs, a sweetly-timed cover drive for four off Marco Jansen. (Reuters Photo)</p>

“The lesser the runs, I hope it will be an equal innings and they won’t get a big lead,” he signed off.

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