Gautam Gambhir feels that experts are highly critical of Virat Kohli at times. Kohli scored 45 off 76 deliveries on Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Playing his 100th Test, Kohli quickly started with a leading edge over cover while trying to play a Lasith Embuldeniya delivery to the leg side. He was eventually castled by the same bowler five short of a fifty. When Gambhir was asked about Kohli’s edgy start and the concentration lapse when he seemed set, he responded:
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“At times we are too critical of Virat Kohli because even if he plays one bad shot, we say lapse in concentration. If you talk about the start, every player is nervous, not only Virat; the greatest players in the world are nervous, especially when you are playing your 100th Test.”
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He pointed out that it was an error in reading the length of the delivery that contributed to Kohli’s dismissal. Gambhir explained:
“Here there was a misjudgment of length. The same deliveries he was playing on the front foot before this, and nothing was happening. He played back, the ball spun a little, and he got beaten, but before that, the sort of batting he did, he was in absolute control.”
