India vs England: Virat Kohli quotes classic Bollywood song to back KL Rahul’s poor performance


India vs England: Virat Kohli quotes classic Bollywood song to back KL Rahul’s poor performance

Indian batsman KL Rahul is undergoing a lean patch of runs during the current series against England. The opening batsman could score just 15 runs in the four innings that he batted in T20Is. Moreover, he was dropped from the playing XI in the subsequent match as Virat Kohli came out to open alongside Rohit Sharma.

However, skipper Virat Kohli backed KL Rahul during a virtual press conference before the start of the three-match ODI series. Kohli quoted the famous Hindi song ‘kuchh toh log kahenge’ from Rajesh Khanna’s film Amar Prem. 

“I can only think about one thing when people talk about a player is out of form. kuch toh log kahenge logon ka kaam hain kehna, chhodo bekaar ki baaton mein kahi beet na jaaye raina (quoting a Hindi song),” Kohli was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

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“There is a lot of impatience outside the cricket set up. People love listening to criticism and it has only increased,” he added.

We know how to manage an out-of-form player: Kohli

Virat Kohli mentioned that the team management knows how to back a player who’s going through a tough phase in his career. He reckoned that there’s just a mental block in Rahul’s mind and it’s a matter of time before he gets back to prime form.

“In the team, we know how to manage a player going through a tough patch. It is not as if you forget playing the game, it is just that you don’t have the same mental clarity that you would usually have and then there is talk about you, which is another external factor you have to deal with,” he further said.

“We will continue to back our players and keep them in good mental space,” he signed off.

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