Robin Uthappa wants Kohli to focus more on scoring runs

Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli failed to score big runs in the India vs Bangladesh. What is even more frustrating is that Kohli ate up 38 deliveries to score 22 runs. This has further raised questions about his form in recent times. Former Indian batter Robin Uthappa claimed that Virat Kohli is worried about middling the ball rather than scoring runs.

Virat Kohli came to bat after Rohit Sharma was dismissed on 41. But the star batter failed to impress his fans after his slow innings. While Kohli continued to search for his big knock, he was eventually dismissed for just 22 runs. Kohli fumbled to score runs in a flurry as he managed to slam just a simple boundary in the process.

He is trying to break free

“Virat, the great batter that he is, will have to address himself because, I think in a sense he’s in his head a little bit. It feels like that from the outside. It feels like he’s looking to middle the ball versus when he actually is batting well, he’s looking to get runs. He’s not worried about middling the ball because the intent itself is different. And I think he’s trying to break free from that space of trying to middle the ball versus scoring runs and he’s finding himself caught in between is what I’m feeling from the outside. I think it’s a matter of time, the minute he frees his head up and just goes out there and expresses himself, the runs will flow,” said Uthappa on Star Sports.

Robin Uthappa claimed that Kohli is a bit too worried about meddling the ball. He claimed that Kohli needed to break free from the space. Uthappa reveals he wants Kohli to think about scoring runs and now think about meddling the ball.

“I do think there’s a slight technical adjustment that he needs to make. Generally, his bat comes from the 2nd slip or 3rd slip. When he scored most of his runs, his bat generally comes from the 2nd or 3rd slip. Right now you see it’s coming from right at the wicketkeeper or 1st slip. And from there, every time he looks to play the cover driver or on the offside, he’s gonna not come with a full face of his bat. He’s gonna come with maybe 50-60% of his bat, and that also will make that cover driver his favourite shot, a very dangerous shot to play,” he concluded.