Michael Vaughan suggests Virat Kohli (who is currently going through a very tough phase of his life) spend some time away from the game and says that every player faces these hardships in his career.
Michael Vaughan suggests Virat Kohli (who is currently going through a very tough phase of his life) spend some time away from the game and says that every player faces these hardships in his career.
Virat Kohli’s struggles in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been quite disappointing and the former England skipper Michael Vaughan wants him to take some rest from the game which was also suggested by the former Indian Head Coach Ravi Shastri earlier in the season.
Kohli was dismissed on seven runs while playing the second Qualifier against RR on Friday. The 33-year-old witnessed one of his worst IPL seasons, scoring just 341 in 16 matches.
Vaughan feels Kohli should spend some time away from the game, adding that every player goes through a rough patch in his career.
“I think at the minute, he should just pack his bat into his bag and go and a sit-down with the family. I don’t know where he can go without getting hassled and pestered, doing commercials. Just get away from that, entire have a few weeks of chilling and he will be fresh when he picks the bat up,”
Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.
“He is a legendary player who is going through a time that is not too easy. Two or three years ago you just turned on the telly or arrived at the ground and knew that Virat was going to score a hundred. He just went through one of those periods where every time he batted, he seemed to get a hundred. It’s a career, isn’t it? You don’t go through your whole career where everything is so easy,”
he added.
With Kohli being rested for the upcoming India’s T20 series against South Africa, Vaughan feels that the former Indian skipper should take a breath from cricket before getting in the form in the one-off Test against England.
“He just needs a breather. He needs a bit of time away from the game. Go and get some time with your family, get on the plane to England and then start to hit some balls again,”
he added.