Virat Kohli needs to pick better balls for playing drives: Vikram Rathour backs out-of-form India Test captain

India batting coach Vikram Rathour has backed out-of-form captain Virat Kohli after another failure in the first Test against South Africa at Centurion Park, but says he needs to be more cautious with his shot selection.

India batting coach Vikram Rathour feels Test captain Virat Kohli shouldn't give up on expansive drives but he needs to be judicious while choosing the right delivery for the perfect execution of his shots. South Africa face an uphill battle in Centurion after Jasprit Bumrah's heroics late on day four #SAvIND #WTC23https://t.co/nO4sdOkYqg

Kohli, one of the finest batsmen to play the game, completed a miserable 24 months without a hundred as he has scored only 652 runs in 14 Tests at an average of 26.08, almost half his career average before this match of 50.65.