Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting recently stated concerns regarding Virat Kohli’s form before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli has been going on in a lean patch as of now, which has led to an intense criticism on his performance.
Apart from his recent struggle, Kohli has been holding an impressive record when performing against Australia. He will be eager to prove his caliber in this series. Along with Rohit Sharma, Kohli will be the one who is expected to lead the Indian batting lineup and deliver a strong performance.
During all this pressure, Ricky Ponting has once again made comments at Gautam Gambhir, clarifying his issue on the ongoing debate. In a recent talk on a podcast with The Run Home with Joel & Fletch, Ponting said:
“I’m not sure if I mentioned a couple of them, but I reckon he’s just throwing me in the deep end, trying to find their two most experienced and make sure when they come out, they put that back on me.”
“I was asked the other night if I was concerned about Virat Kohli’s form. A day before, I had read his stats from the last five years, so it was clear in my mind. I think he made only two (three) centuries in the last five years. His average in India is now down to 30 from 90, during this period. So yes, I would be concerned. And I said if you ask him about his form, he would be concerned because it is nowhere near what it used to be,” Ponting added.
“But then I said since he loves playing in Australia and has a great record here, so if there ever was a tour where he could turn things around, it would be this. But they never talked about the second part,” he further added.
Then Gambhir went and faced the press having just lost against New Zealand. The hair on the back of his neck is already standing up. We got a bit of history as well, but he took a chance to fire back at me,” he concluded.
