Venkatesh Prasad slams BCCI for still giving chance to Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is such a great player for India but unfortunately for the last two years he is struggling to get runs in his bat. Indian former captain giving flop batting performance from all form of cricket. Former India player Venkatesh Prasad slams BCCI for still giving chance to Virat Kohli.

Former India speed star kannadiga Venkatesh Prasad slams BCCI has taken a dig at the team management for persisting with Virat Kohli despite the batter’s continuous failures with the bat. Kohli is going through a rough patch for quite some time now and Prasad said that all the big guns were dropped from the side when they went out of form in the past.

“There was a time when you were out of form, you would be dropped irrespective of reputation. Sourav, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Bhajji all have been dropped when not in form. They have went back to domestic cricket, scored runs and staged a comeback,” tweeted Prasad.

“The yardsticks seem to have changed drastically now, where there is rest for being out of form. This is no way for progress. There is so much talent in the country and cannot play on reputation. One of India’s greatest match-winner, Anil Kumble sat out on so many occasions, need actions for the larger good,” he added.

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Virat Kohli scored just 1 and 11 in the two T20Is that he played against England in the three-match series that the visitors won 2-1. India skipper Rohit Sharma though has come in support of Kohli and said that every player goes through ups and downs and a couple of bad series doesn’t make him a bad player.

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“If you talk about form then everyone goes through ups and downs. The Player’s quality does not get affected. So, we should keep these things in our minds. When a player is doing “We should not overlook his past performances. We who are in the team know the importance of the player. They have got all the right to talk about it but it does not matter for us too much,” said Rohit in a post-match press conference.