"Both these players will go down as the best white ball players of all times"

Former Team India batting coach Sanjay Bangar reckoned the change in format and their exploits in ODIs could help Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma regain their form in the series against England and the Champions Trophy 2025Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have struggled to score runs in the Test series against New Zealand and in the BorderGavaskar Trophy This has now raised questions about their future in international cricketVirat Kohli was dismissed eight times to deliveries outside the off stump in Australia On the other hand Rohit Sharma was only able to score 31 runs in five inningsSee both these players will go down as the best white ball players of all timesIf you make a list of alltime greats in 50over cricket they are automatic choices So the format and their past performances would certainly give them a lot of confidence in the way they would approach Sanjay Bangar a Star Sports Network expert said during an interaction organised by the broadcastersSo I mean how would Rohit approach at the top of the innings is something which will be very interesting because hes had a run of low scores So once you see maybe one innings or so or maybe two innings then we will have an idea as to the approach that both these players will be taking into the 50over formatAnd the assessment will have to be not only the ODI series but also the Champions Trophy So we will have a real insight a clear insight in their approachAlso ReadOlympic medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal visits Maha Kumbh with fatherBefore getting engaged in the Ranji Trophy match Virat Kohli was seen practising with Sanjay Bangar to help him out with his batting strugglesBangar was feeding Kohli with a throwdown from 16 yards with a focus on playing the rising deliveries on the backfoot A portable cement slab with attached wheels was placed at the back of length midpitch between 810m length to feed the batter with backoflength deliveries that rise steeplySanjay Bangar did not reveal much about his special session with Virat Kohli Bangar further backed KL Rahul to donn the Big Gloves ahead of Rishabh PantIf you cast your mind back to the way KL Rahul has performed not only as a batsman but also as a wicketkeeper Some of the catches and the way he kept in the 2023 World Cup was simply fabulousRishabh Pant no doubt is a very very exciting talent But currently I believe that the team would start with KL in the lineup based on the performances that hes given in the middle overs as well as his exploits as a wicketkeeper Bangar believedIn the event lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah misses out with an injury the middle overs will become critical from Indias point of view with spinners like Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy probably operating during that phaseIn the absence of Bumrah the bowling will have to depend on other aspects maybe a Kuldeep Yadav doing a lot of damage in the middle overs Or for that matter I also see that Varun Chakravorty has been includedSo in case Bumrah is unavailable then they may want to push the teams back through the middle overs so that in the last 10 overs they may not have to face situations wherein the team would generally be dependent on Bumrah sort of a situationJasprit Bumrahs absence cannot be filled by any bowler at the momentSanjay Bangar said he was also surprised to not see Mohammed Sirajs inclusion in the ODI squad even after knowing there is no surety on Bumrahs featureIt is always a little bit risky to categorize players that they can only be very effective in a particular phase So yes to answer your question I am a little bit surprised as to how Siraj was part of the winning team as well because some of the games he did really well in the middle overs as wellThe game against Pakistan in Ahmedabad comes to my mind wherein he came and he broke the partnership So I feel that he has been Indias prime bowler Even if you remember the Asia Cup he took a fifer for just close to nothing against Sri Lanka in the finalsI think a quality player is a quality player irrespective of the phaseWith PTI Inputs