With the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) just around the corner, all Team India fans are excited to see how Virat Kohli and Co. go about the iconic Test match. India landed in the UK on 3 June and has started training in Southampton.
Skipper Kohli who has been the main man of the national team has not been in good form lately as it has been over 1 year and 6 months since the right-hand batsman scored his last Test century.
Thus, former cricketer, Ajit Agarkar stressed his point that Kohli must score runs in order for India to do well in this Test match.
“Virat Kohli will have to get runs if India has to compete in this Test match, there are no two ways about it,” Agarkar said during a discussion on Star Sports' Game Plan.
Agarkar then talked about the fact that Kohli had overcome his rough patch when he toured England back in 2014 and came back strongly in the longest format of the game.
“It is almost a repeat of that series that he went to England and put his demons away from the previous tour because Southee has bowled well against him. There are other guys who are going to swing the ball, so it is going to be a big challenge but he rose to that challenge against England the last time he toured there,” the former pacer said.
“Knowing Virat Kohli, I don't think he would be worried about his own performance at this point in time. He would be only thinking about how he can contribute so that India goes on to win this Test match,” he added.
India will be taking on New Zealand in the WTC final at Southampton slated to begin from June 18.
(With Star Sports Inputs)
