'Kohli Isn't In Right Frame Of Mind': Aakash Chopra After Virat's Failure In 1st ODI
IND Vs WI 1st ODI: "This 4 ball innings reflected that he is not mentally completely there," said Aakash Chopra about Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli completed 5,000 ODI runs on home soil on Sunday against West Indies, but he did not trouble the scorers as he got out for a small score of 8 runs in 4 balls.
The former Indian skipper did not spend a lot of time at the crease and got out after scoring two boundaries. Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra, in a video on ESPNCricinfo, said that Virat Kohli "is mentally not completely there".
The former Delhi batsman was criticizing Virat Kohli for getting dismissed so early in the innings.
"He came out as if he was in a hurry," Aakash Chopra said.
The first ball he tried something, the second ball he tried something else. These are extravagant shots that you don’t expect Kohli to play," he added.
"That for-ball inning was very surprising. It perhaps tells you that he is not exactly in the right frame of mind because technically you can't falter after a 4-ball innings," he further said.
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Aakash Chopra then went on to talk about Kohli's form in South Africa. Despite the former skipper scoring 116 runs in three ODIs, Chopra felt that Kohli "wasn't at his very best".
"If you talk about aptitude or caliber, there’s no doubt. So what’s the problem?"
"Even in South africa he looked a different batter. But personally, I wasn’t 100% convinced that this is the Virat Kohli at his very best. He didn’t look like that. Scored runs, but not the prettiest.
This 4 ball innings reflected that he is not mentally completely there," he concluded.
Virat Kohli has now become the second cricketer in ODI history to score 5000 ODI runs in India. He is now also the fastest Indian cricketer to score 5000 ODI runs in India, surpassing the great Sachin Tendulkar.
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