Virat Kohli vs BCCI: Harbhajan Singh reacts to Ravi Shastri- Former India Cricketer Harbhajan Singh is quite vocal these days regarding Virat Kohli. He recently took the opportunity to react to former coach Ravi Shastri’s statements for former Test captain. Shastri had apparently launched a scathing attack on BCCI with India set to play most of their Test matches at home. He said, ‘’people wouldn’t have digested his success,’’ if he had continued on. Follow all the LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Virat Kohli vs BCCI: Harbhajan Singh reacts to Ravi Shastri’s apparent attack on BCCI regarding Virat Kohli’s Test captaincy- check out
“This is a big statement – Ravi Shastri saying that people wouldn’t have digested it had Virat Kohli won another 15-20 Test matches and enhanced his legacy as India’s most successful captain. I don’t know who he is talking about, who wouldn’t have digested it but we Indians would have been extremely proud of it. We would have wished he won another 40 and create a record that another Indian captain would have needed to captain twice to match it,” Harbhajan said on Sports Tak.
Harbhajan questioned Shastri on basis on two points. They are-
- Pitches to be used Rahul Dravid
- Lack of runs from India batsmen
“The matches that are to take place in India, you cannot pre-determine that their outcomes will go in your favour. Yes, you had some great series where you were extremely successful, but going forward, whether Kohli would have won those matches is something only time would have told. With Rahul Dravid as coach, I don’t think India would play on surfaces where the ball would spin from the first over. In fact, I feel there will be pitches where batters too would get a fair chance to prove themselves,” Harbhajan pointed out.
“Also, in the last two three years, if you are to take out statistics of Indian batters, you would see that perhaps they don’t know how to score runs. Our batters have forgotten how to score runs. The confidence of batters are down because they don’t have much runs in the last 2-3 years. And when there aren’t runs, players are under pressure. You are winning series at home but your players aren’t growing,” he stressed.
Virat Kohli vs BCCI: Harbhajan Singh reacts to Ravi Shastri’s apparent attack on BCCI regarding Virat Kohli’s Test captaincy- check out
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