Sunil Gavaskar has asked Virat Kohli to keep his body balance right while batting ahead of the all-important T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa in Barbados on June 29, Saturday. Kohli has struggled to be amongst the runs in the ongoing edition as he has taken up a selfless approach at the top of the order. Following in the footsteps of Rohit Sharma, the star batter has looked to attack the ball from the get-go, a departure from his usual style of taking time and building an innings.
The approach hasn’t worked out so far as Kohil has scored just 75 runs in 7 matches. Speaking to India Today, Gavaskar had some advice for the star batter and asked him to play his shots with the same body balance. The Indian legend feels that Kohli starts to lose his balance as he is trying to power the ball away.
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Gavaskar pointed to the six Kohli hit off Reece Topley during the semi-final and said how the body balance was perfect in that case and helped the India star to bring the bottom hand into play.
“As long as it ends in a win. It’s a final and it will be played on a better batting surface. Like I keep saying, what Kohli has to do is just play the shots that he plays with the same body balance. When he is looking to power the ball away, then he is losing his body balance and he misses the ball. So, all that needs to do is, that six he hit (off Reece Topley). It was brilliant balance and he just flicked the ball with the bottom hand. That’s all he has to do,” said Gavaskar.
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‘Chill a bit’
Gavaskar also said when Kohli tries to move around a lot, his head is shaking a lot and it isn’t helping him. Gavaskar said Kohli needs to chill a bit and look to play a longer innings in the final.
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“When he starts to move around, the head shakes as well. And therefore, it is not helping him. This is something you see in slow-mo as well. All that he needs to do is chill a bit and play that big hand and will give India the big score,” said Gavaskar.
Kohli will be a key player for the side in the final and the likes of Rahul Dravid and Rohit have backed the star batter to get back into form.
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