Pathan highlights India's deep batting line-up after Rohit, Kohli's return

Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan attributed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohlis failures during the first ODI against Australia at Perth and team playing a deep batting line up to a lack of game time on part of both legends and said that processes need to be completed no matter how big a player you areThe former allrounder on the other hand hailed wicketkeeperbatter Rishabh Pant for giving himself some game time against South Africa A before the Proteas tour of India in NovemberPathan was speaking on his YouTube channel Both Rohit and Virat who were last seen in Indian colours during the ICC Champions Trophy win back in March had poor outings at Perth scoring eight and a duck respectively While they played the IPL from AprilJune they did not have much game time as they had retired from Tests ahead of the England tour and had retired from T20Is last year missing out on an intense fiveTest tour to England the T20I Asia Cup and home series against West Indies consisting of two TestsSpeaking on his YouTube channel Pathan did say that RoKo would not be judged by their performance in every match given their massive and impressive ODI numbers and their proven greatnessBut you have to do the things that are needed you have to complete the processes you have to play matches In this regard they have fallen behind If they had played some matches before coming and shown some form the team management might have thought seven batters are enough and we can include Kuldeep Yadav But now since the team is unsure of the form of three players it is not happening he saidIt is not like they Virat Rohit and Shreyas Iyer did not have a lot of options to play cricket during the break I believe that no matter how big a player you are when it comes to Indian cricket you have to make sure that you return after following the proper process We have seen both Rohit and Virat work hard but match fitness and normal fitness are two different things For example Rishabh Pant coming after injury will play for India A against South Africa A he addedPant who is a matchwinner in Tests if he wants can say that he is fit I am fine I will play the Tests against South Africa straightaway But no It does not happen like that and that is what he will be playing for India A and that is how exactly it should happen Pathan concludedWhile Iyer did not feature in any Test and T20I competition for India after leading Punjab Kings PBKS to the IPL final he did give himself some game time in the Duleep Trophy and Australia As tour to India for India A While he flopped in redball formats he scored a century and fifty each in three ODIs against Australia A as a captainPant is set to make his competitive cricket comeback as captain of India A leading the team against South Africa A in a fourday match on October 30 He will be playing both matches against South Africa A before the Test series starts in midNovemberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever