Indian cricket team star batters Virat Kohli\u00a0and\u00a0Rohit Sharma\u00a0have come under a lot of criticism following the Men in Blue’s 0-3 series whitewash against New Zealand. Both superstars failed to impress with the bat throughout the series and this became a major reason to India’s crushing defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Pakistan cricket team star Basit Ali was extremely critical of the duo, and he said that both of them are struggling in the same manner as\u00a0Babar Azam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBabar ke baad, Rohit aur Virat ki bhi wahi situation ho gayi hai, form kharaab\u00a0(After Babar, Rohit and Virat are also in the same situation, poor form),\u201d Basit Ali said while speaking on his\u00a0YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basit also called out Rohit for his lack of foot movement on the third day of the third Test between India and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When Rohit missed two deliveries, struck on the pads and then on the lower abdomen, he stepped out to hit a four. This shows that his feet are not moving, form is not good. Then he hit a four off a reverse sweep,” Basit\u00a0said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Pakistan cricketer also said that both Rohit and Virat should play domestic cricket before the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Virat Kohli, out of touch, not in form at all. He needs to play domestically before flying to Australia, Rohit also. Test match practice cannot be seen,” Basit said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was the mandate that you must make yourself available for domestic cricket to be eligible for India selection. Everyone played, all of them performed in patches –\u00a0Shubman Gill, Pant,\u00a0Yashasvi Jaiswal, but these two (Rohit and Virat) were given a free hand and allowed to exclude themselves,\u201d Basit added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ex-Pakistan star in question here is Basit Ali, who believes that currently Rohit, Virat and Babar are all in the same situation considering their poor form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":1201784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[255,397,191,142,144],"yoast_head":"\n