De Villiers asks struggling Virat Kohli to avoid on-filed battles

Former Royal Challengers Bengalurus RCB batsman AB de Villiers has advised Team India great Virat Kohli to reset his mind and avoid onfield battles as he ended his underwhelming run on the Australia tourVirat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were out of form throughout the series The 13 Test series defeat against Australia also led Team India to miss out on their qualification for the World Test Championship WTC finalVirat Kohli was only able to garner 190 runs in his nine BGT innings as was seen getting out by edging the ball at the slips or wicketkeeperAlso ReadIndia allrounder Rishi Dhawan announces retirement from white ball cricketI think the thing is to reset your mind every time Virat loves the fight but when youre not in the form of your life its best to get rid of those things As a batter it is to reset every single and understand every ball is an event and just forget about the bowler de Villiers said in a video he posted on X I think sometimes Virat forgets about that because of his fighting spirit and the nature of the man wanting to be involved and show the whole of India he is there to fight for them the South African batting legend addedThe skill experience and greatness of the guy Kohli are not an issue Its sometimes about the refocus after every single ball Maybe sometimes he gets involved too much Australia beat India by six wickets in the fifth and final Test at the SCG to regain the BorderGavaskar Trophy Following the hundred in the series opener Kohlis troubles outside the offstump compounded as he was caught in the slip cordon eight times over the course of five TestsThe concluded Test series against Australia could be probably the last for Virat Kohli in the Oz conditionsI think with Virat he gets involved with the battle on the field Thats one of his biggest strengths and it can also be a weakness During this series we saw him have individual battles with some of the players the crowd got under his skin AB de Villiers saidEvery single batter in the world has some sort of weakness or some dismissals that keep coming up Of course Virat can overcome his problem and come back to form It takes a lot of character a lot of hunger lot of hours in the nets I think the thing is to reset your mind every time the South African urged Virat KohliWith PTI Inputs