"No One Talks When Rohit Sharma, Others Don't Get Runs": Sunil Gavaskar Defends Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli, who returned to the Indian squad after missing the first T20I against England as a part of workload management, scored 1 and 11 in the remaining two matches against the side.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has backed under-fire Virat Kohli for the dip in latter's batting form. Kohli, who returned to the India squad after missing the first T20I against England as a part of workload management, scored 1 and 11 in the remaining two matches against the side. As his poor form with the bat continued, many former cricketers and fans lashed out at Kohli by stating that he should be dropped but Gavaskar feels that team management should give some more time to the right-handed batter.

Gavaskar was open enough to say that nobody questions when Rohit Sharma or any other batter fails to score runs. "I don't understand this that when Rohit Sharma doesn't score runs, nobody talks about it. When any other player doesn't score runs, nobody talks about it," said Gavaskar when asked on Sports Tak if he was worried about Kohli's form.

"Form is temporary and class is permanent."

Kohli aimed to play attacking cricket from the start of his innings against England but he failed to play a noticeable knock.

"The kind of template Kohli is using shortly where you have to go out and swing your bat, you are going to be unsuccessful at times... We have a selection committee and it will think about it," said Gavaskar.