Asia Cup 2022 LIVE: Virat Kohli Asia Cup: Former India team skipper Virat Kohli has started preparing for the Asia Cup. Kohli who has been in poor form in recent times has started his practice . Kohli since Wednesday is training with his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Sanjay Bangar at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). Following the England tour, Kohli was on a break for 3 weeks and didn’t take part in the series against West Indies. After an extended break, Kohli, now back in India has started his training regime. Follow Asia Cup Cricket LIVE UPDATES with InsideSport.IN
It is worth noting that Kohli has decided to train with Bangar instead of offers by his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma and legendary Indian opener Sunil GAVASKAR. Both had offered to help Kohli as he struggles to regain his form.
Asia Cup 2022 LIVE: Back from break, Virat Kohli begins practice for Asia Cup, ready to comeback with a BANG, Watch video
After prolonged struggled with his form, Kohli decided to take a break from cricket after the TOUR of England. Be it his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma or Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar all have offered to help Kohli.
“This academy is his own ground. Earlier, he did not have time but when he has got some time then he can spend some time with himself over here and practice. I would really love it if he comes here and he enjoys and feels comfortable in this place,” Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma told ANI.
Gavaskar had told India Today: “If I had about 20 minutes with him, I would be able to tell him the things he might have to do. It might help him. I am not saying it will help him but it could. Particularly with regards to that off-stump line my advice can help”
Will Kohli shine in Asia Cup? Kohli could manage scores of only 11 and 20 in the fifth and final Test against Edgbaston and continued his bad performances in T20Is, where he could score only 12 runs in two innings.
This was followed by 17 and 16 runs in the three-match ODI series against England.
Also, Kohli had a sub-par IPL 2022. He could score only 341 runs in 16 games at an average of 22.73. His strike rate also has been going down by the day. In IPL 2022 he scored just with a strike rate of 115.98.
Now the question will be – will break from cricket do him any good? Will he shine in Asia Cup? Asia CUP cricket tournament has always been happy hunting ground for Kohli. He is one of the leading scorer in the tournament.
Virat Kohli in ASIA CUP CRICKET
- ASIA CUP ODI’s: 11 Matches / 613 Runs / 3 Centuries / 61.3 Batting Average
- ASIA CUP T20’s: 5 Matches / 176 Runs / 76.5 Batting Average
Asia Cup 2022 LIVE: Back from break, Virat Kohli begins practice for Asia Cup, ready to comeback with a BANG, Watch video
India will kickstart their Asia Cup campaign in UAE against arch-rivals Pakistan. Fans are eagerly awaiting Kohli to return to his finest form ahead of this much-anticipated mega-tournament.
Upon returning to India from his Europe tour, Kohli started his fitness regime at his gym apartment in Mumbai. With poor performances off late, the India team selectors are in a fix about Kohli’s inconsistent performances. Kohli who was rested for the West Indies and Zimbabwe tour is expected to be in his best form for the Asia Cup.
#ViratKohli has started the practice for #AsiaCup 2022 at BKC Complex Mumbai.pic.twitter.com/KkhgGWGYti
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Squad: KL Rahul (C), Rohit Sharma (vc),Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal
Stand by players: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar
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