Irfan Pathan backs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to find form in Champions Trophy:

Irfan Pathan backs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to find form in Champions Trophy:

JK News Service

Irshad Ahmad

 

 

New Delhi, 23 January, :‘ODI is their favourite format’ Rohit and Virat haven’t had the best of times in red-ball cricket recently with India losing the Border Gavaskar Trophy to Australia for the first time in 10 years as both batters failed to spark into life.

 

They’ll start scoring runs in white-ball cricket; there’s no doubt about that. Test cricket is a different ball game altogether. Adjustments are needed, whether it’s Virat managing deliveries outside the off-stump or Rohit finding his rhythm. ODI is their favourite format, and they’ll bounce back strongly,” he said.

 

Rohit and Virat haven’t had the best of times in red-ball cricket recently with India losing the Border Gavaskar Trophy to Australia for the first time in 10 years as both batters failed to spark into life. Having played only three Tests in the tour, Rohit averaged 6.20, while Kohli, despite scoring an unbeaten century in Perth, also failed to impress, scoring at 23.75.

 

Before that, India would also lose 3-0 to New Zealand in their own backyard, marking a new low for the Test team. In this series, Rohit scored just 91 runs in 6 innings at an average 15.16 while Kohli notched up just 93 in 6 innings with an average of 15.50.

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