Virat Kohli trained vigorously against the left-arm spinner. (Photo: PTI)
Left-arm spin bowling has become one of Virat Kohli’s main weaknesses in recent years. He has been continuously fighting against left-arm spin bowlers. He has been out due to left arm spin 3 times in 4 innings of the New Zealand series. Mitchell Santner chased him in both innings of the Pune Test. Kohli has played 21 innings against left-arm spinners in Test matches since 2021. During this period, he could only score 259 runs at an average of 28.78 and was bowled 9 times. Hence, during the practice session in Mumbai, he was seen working hard on this weakness.
Kohli won’t fail in Mumbai Test?
After losing 0-2 against New Zealand, coach Gautam Gambhir made training sessions mandatory for all players on October 30 and 31. Taking advantage of this, Virat Kohli sweated profusely. However, only time will tell whether Kohli will fail or pass the Mumbai Test. But it can be said based on what has emerged from your practice. This time you can see big innings from his bat.
According to the Indian Express report, he made a lot of preparations against the left-arm spinners. Normally he does not play reverse sweep but he was seen performing this shot in the nets as well. Kohli asked the left-arm spinners to bowl balls of different lengths on the stump and practiced playing different types of shots on it.
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As training progressed, he became aggressive, came out of the box and hit a lot of big shots. Not only this, he also practiced throwing and cutting. When he became comfortable playing net bowlers, Kohli called up the Indian team’s left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav for practice.
Gambhir had a long conversation.
The pressure on Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir has increased a lot after losing the series to New Zealand for the first time. Now both do not want to lose the last match at any cost. Therefore, Gambhir had a long conversation with the entire team during training. According to the report, in the team meeting, Gambhir explained to the Indian players for 20 minutes and discussed future plans. The coaching staff and captain Rohit Sharma were also present during it. Rohit also expressed his views from time to time, but most of the conversation came from Gambhir’s side.
