Left arm spin bowling has emerged as a major weakness for Virat Kohli in the last few years. He has been continuously struggling against left arm spin bowlers. He has been out against left arm spin 3 times in 4 innings of the New Zealand series. Mitchell Santner had hunted him in both the innings of the Pune Test. Kohli has played 21 innings against left arm spinners in Test matches since 2021. During this period, he could score only 259 runs at an average of 28.78 and was victimized 9 times. Therefore, during the practice session in Mumbai, he was seen working hard on this weakness.
Will Kohli not fail in Mumbai test?
After falling 0-2 against New Zealand, head coach Gautam Gambhir made practice sessions mandatory for all players on 30 and 31 October. Taking advantage of this, Virat Kohli sweated profusely. However, only time will tell whether Kohli will fail or pass the Mumbai Test. But it can be said on the basis of what has emerged from his practice. This time a big innings can be seen from his bat.
According to the report of Indian Express, he made many preparations against the left arm spinners. Normally he does not play reverse sweep but he was seen playing this shot also in the nets. Kohli asked the left arm spinners to bowl different length balls on the off stump and practiced playing different types of shots on it.
As the training session progressed, he became aggressive and came out of the crease and hit many big shots. Not only this, he also practiced pull and cut. When he became comfortable playing the net bowlers, Kohli called the Indian team’s left arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav for practice.
Gambhir had a long conversation
The pressure on Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir has increased a lot after losing the series to New Zealand for the first time. Now both of them do not want to lose the last match at any cost. Therefore, Gambhir had a long conversation with the entire team during the training session. According to the report, in the team huddle, Gambhir explained to the Indian players for 20 minutes and discussed the future plans. During this, the coaching staff and captain Rohit Sharma were also present. Rohit was also expressing his views from time to time but most of the talk was from Gambhir’s side.
