Ravi Shastri on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma: “They should play domestic cricket if there is a gap for them.”
Ravi Shastri suggested on Tuesday that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play domestic cricket if there is a lull in their schedules following a turbulent Australia series.
If there’s a gap for them, I think they should go back and play some domestic cricket and see how it is,” Shastri said in the ICC Review
Because when you play Test match cricket for that length of time, it’s important to play domestic cricket for two reasons: You’re abreast with the current generation (and) you can contribute to that younger generation with your experience.
And more importantly you get to play spin more than you will ever play. So if you see India as recorded, India on turning tracks is not the greatest. If you have quality spinners in the opposition, they can trouble you. And they have troubled India,” he added.
They might have been lucky to get over a couple of series, but you saw how New Zealand exposed them before coming to Australia. So I would leave it at that. And plus, it’s hunger and desire. When you’re in your 30s, one is 36, the other is 38. They would know how hungry they are,” Shastri said.
In the just finished Border Gavaskar series, Kohli amassed 190 runs, whereas Rohit, who missed the first Test match in Perth, could only muster 31. After ten years, India lost the BGT to Australia as a result of these two mainstays’ inability to deliver.
