Sanjay Manjrekar identifies main flaw in Virat Kohli’s batting: “Very involved about him…”

Star batsman Virat Kohli flopped with the bat within the first innings of the primary Take a look at in opposition to Australia in Perth. Regardless of a stellar document in Australia, the previous India skipper stopped Hazlewood’s hovering supply in simply 12 balls that edged Usman Khawaja at slip. As Kohli’s barren patch continued, former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar identified main flaws within the star batsman’s method. He feels Kohli has struggled in opposition to brief deliveries of late.

“It is one thing I’ve stated earlier than, Publish [2023] Virat Kohli may be very nervous about this ball, Jimmy Anderson kind, exterior the off stump. So he stands exterior the batting crease, trying to go on the entrance foot to finish the swing. However now the bowlers are bowling much less due to that,” Manjrekar advised ESPNcricinfo.

Manjrikar additionally recalled Kohli’s struggles within the current dwelling sequence in opposition to New Zealand, the place he managed simply 93 runs in six innings. The cricketer-turned-commentator identified that the opposition bowlers had been making an attempt to focus on Kohli’s physique with brief balls on the leg aspect.

“We noticed the New Zealand bowlers do this within the Bangalore Take a look at and Virat Kohli was getting out on the leg aspect. Josh Hazlewood was often fuller, 60 per cent of the balls had been within the space, however the second Virat Kohli began doing it, it went slightly brief,” he added.

Manjrekar instructed that Kohli’s default front-foot method makes him a bit weak, particularly in Australia the place tempo and bounce will make his case worse.

“So principally he is put all his eggs in a single basket, Kohli, which is about not getting out on the entrance foot for that swinging full-length ball. Quick,” Manjrekar additional defined.