‘If there’s a niche for them, they need to play home cricket’: Ravi Shastri on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma | Cricket Information

“As a result of if you play Take a look at match cricket for that size of time, it’s vital to play home cricket for 2 causes: You’re abreast with the present era (and) you possibly can contribute to that youthful era along with your expertise. And extra importantly you get to play spin greater than you’ll ever play. So in the event you see India as recorded, India on turning tracks just isn’t the best. When you’ve got high quality spinners within the opposition, they’ll bother you. They usually have troubled India,” he added.

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Shastri additionally mentioned that the choice to proceed within the longest format is as much as Kohli and Rohit themselves.

“They could have been fortunate to recover from a few collection, however you noticed how New Zealand uncovered them earlier than coming to Australia. So I would go away it on that. And plus, it’s the starvation and want. Whenever you’re in your 30s, one is 36, the opposite is 38. They’d understand how hungry they’re,” Shastri mentioned.

Kohli scored 190 runs within the lately concluded Border Gavaskar collection whereas Rohit might amass simply 31 after lacking the first Take a look at at Perth. The failure to provide by these two stalwarts finally proved pricey for India who conceded the BGT to Australia after 10 years.