Legendary India opener Virender Sehwag jumped into the defence of current skipper Virat Kohli after the latter went through a lean patch in the recently-concluded tour of New Zealand. He could score only one half-century across 11 innings in the all the three formats and the lack of runs in the Test series was one of the biggest factors behind India’s struggle. After winning the T20I series 5-0, India were blanked 0-3 and 0-2 in the ODI and Test series respectively.
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Sehwag stated every player goes through a bad phase and Kohli is no different. Also, Sehwag didn’t agree with former India skipper Kapil Dev, who said Kohli needs to practice more considering his reflexes and eyesight might have slowed down.
“When you are out of form, nothing works for you. It is not that Virat is not making efforts but luck has deserted him,” Sehwag was quoted as saying by Sportstar. “Virat certainly doesn’t have hand-eye coordination issues. Your hand-eye issue deteriorates over a period of time. Not overnight. I am sure it is just lack of form. Also, he has got out to good deliveries.”
