Former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar shared his views on Virat Kohli’s ongoing century drought, saying legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid also went through such phases at one point in their careers.
Kohli is arguably one of the greatest batters of the modern era, but the 33-year-old hasn't been in the best of form with the bat over the last two years, as his last international century came in 2019 in the pink-ball Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata.
Highlighting Kohli's contribution to the Indian cricket team's cause, Bangar mentioned that batting greats like Tendulkar and Dravid have also gone through such a phase in their careers while talking about Kohli's century drought since 57 innings in all three formats of the game.
Bangar said on Star Sports show Game Plan: “Please don't say that time and again because I have said earlier as well that those are 57 innings including all formats. If you just look at the Test innings that he has played, the double hundred that he got against South Africa, it was in Pune I think, after that the run of hundreds has dried up. So it's been 22 or 23 innings.”
The former cricketer further explained, “Even greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have gone through such a phase wherein they haven't scored a hundred for a long time. But it doesn't really mean that in the interim they haven't contributed to the team's cause.”
He signed off by saying, “If you look at Virat Kohli in the previous series, he got a couple of very good half-centuries, he got a couple of very good forties and that helped the Indian team's cause. If you look at Virat Kohli in the previous series, he got a couple of very good half-centuries, he got a couple of very good forties and that helped the Indian team's cause."
