IPL 2022: Ravi Shastri Suggests Virat Kohli Begin Playing With “Freedom” Ravi Shastri Suggests Virat Kohli Begin Playing With “Freedom”
Few people are as familiar with Virat Kohli as a cricketer as Ravi Shastri, with the two forging a close friendship during the latter’s time as Team India’s head coach. As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season gets off, the former India head coach had some advice for Kohli. Kohli was in fantastic form in RCB’s first match of the season, scoring an unbeaten 41 off 29 deliveries to help them reach a total of 205/2 against Punjab Kings.
He looked good against both pace and spin, and he used his feet effectively against the latter.
Ravi Shastri, on the other hand, believes that in order to add another dimension to his game, he should start using the sweep shot more regularly and with “flexibility.”
“The thing I enjoyed most about Virat was his fluidity,” Shastri said of Kohli’s performance against Punjab Kings on ESPNcricinfo.
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“He was ready to fight the spinners with his feet. He must now deploy the sweep. This is a crucial shot. He doesn’t play it very often, but given the opportunity, he should “‘Then he went on to say,’ he said.
Kohli should avoid facing throwdown specialist D Raghavendra and fast-bowlers in the nets for now, according to Shastri, because he has a lot of expertise against pace.
“He should get rid of Raghu and the fast bowlers in the four days he has in the nets, as he has played them a lot in the last one and a half to two years. Obtain a spinner and continue to play the sweep. Because if he starts to play the sweep with his feet, any spinner will think twice, three times about what to bowl “Shastri gave his opinion
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Kohli got out in the third over of RCB’s chase of 128 against KKR, so he didn’t get an opportunity to employ the sweep strokes. RCB, on the other hand, went on to win their first match of the season in a low-scoring thriller.