“For Kohli, I have said that over and over…”: Ricky Ponting’s interesting take on Virat Kohli’s struggle in Test cricket

Ricky Ponting has an interesting take on Virat Kohli's struggle in Test cricket.

While Virat Kohli has returned to form in ODIs and T20Is, he has been seen struggling in the longest format of the game.

Kohli has managed to score only 111 runs in five innings in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Test series. It has been over three years since Kohli last scored a century and about 15 Test innings since he last scored a fifty.

"For Kohli, I have said that over and over…": Ricky Ponting's interesting take on Virat Kohli's struggle in Test cricket

Former cricketers like Matthew Hayden and Mark Waugh have given their verdict on Kohli’s century drought in the format, but Ricky Ponting had a rather interesting take on the matter. Speaking on the ICC Review, Ponting explained how difficult it has been for batters to play in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, hence refrained from making a comment on Kohli’s form.

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“I am not looking at anybody’s form in the series because for batters it has been an absolute nightmare. Australia have done a remarkable job by turning around those first two Test matches and coming back to win the third. We all know batting has been so incredibly difficult. And it has not been because of the turn, but also the uneven bounce which makes you lose trust in the wicket and if that happens you are guessing all the time which makes batting really difficult,” he said.

Ricky Ponting then backed Virat Kohli to bounce back in Test Cricket.

“For Kohli, I have said that over and over, champion players always find a way. He might be in a bit of a drought at the moment, might be not scoring runs which we all expect him to score but he is a realist as well. When you are a batsman and your are struggling and not scoring runs, you are pretty aware of that yourself. I am not concerned about this because I am confident he will bounce back.”

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