‘Kohli has all tools to emerge from slump’

Star India batsman Virat Kohli is a quality player and has all the tools needed to come out of his prolonged dip in form said former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela JayawardeneKohli and a fitagain KL Rahul on Monday returned to a 15member Indian squad for the Asia Cup scheduled to be held in Dubai and Sharjah from August 27 to September 11Mahela JayawardeneKohli is enduring his worst slump in form and has not scored a century in international cricket since November 2019 His last assignment was the England tour where he managed just 76 runs from six innings across formats which included the rescheduled fifth Test two ODIs and as many T20s in JulylsquoA quality playerrsquoThe former skipper was rested for the limited over West Indies tour and the upcoming ODIs against Zimbabwe ldquoIt is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment but he is a quality playerrdquo said Jayawardene in the latest episode of The ICC Review show ldquoI believe Virat has the tools to come out of it the form slump He has done that in the past as well and Irsquom sure hersquoll come through thisrdquoAlso Read Asia Cup 2022 Kiran More questions Ravichandran Ashwinrsquos inclusionRahul who did not feature in the T20 series against the West Indies due to COVID19 and then underwent a sports hernia surgery will be back as vicecaptain during the Asia CupJayawardene feels lack of game time could be a problem for Rahul as he gears up for the tournament ldquoThat Rahulrsquos lack of cricket would be a concern for India The sooner he can get some game time and get that confidence back the better It will help him as well as the national teamrdquoLeftright combo idealThe former Sri Lankan skipper feels India should go with a lefthanded opener preferably Rishabh Pant with the righthanded Rohit Sharma in case Rahul doesnrsquot make an impressive return to the gamePant had opened twice in T20Is against England in JulyldquoEven though he Pant hasnrsquot done that open the batting much in domestic cricket he has the capacity to do thatrdquo45No of runs scored by Virat Kohli in four limited overs matches in England recentlyThis 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