"Virat Kohli is always super motivated, he'll know what to do": Faf du Plessis

Former South African captain Faf Du Plessis feels that Team India batsman Virat Kohli will be super motivated with his rough patch behind him and he is capable of returning to his runmaking waysVirat Kohli has undergone a rough patch in concluded Australia Featuring in five Test matches he could manage to garner just 190 runs with an average of 2375 This also includes his unbeaten century at PerthFaf Du Plessis backed Virat Kohli to bounce back strongly and said that retirement is a very personal choiceThat is very very personal No one can speak to you about when that time is up as a player youll know Faf du Plessis told PTI on the sidelines of the SA20 Season 3s Captains DayI know someone like him is super super motivated hes gone through it all before so he knows exactly what to do said Du PlessisAlso ReadPCB shifts ODI triseries to Karachi Lahore dismisses delay in stadium renovationThe 40yearold then went back to the day when he felt his time was up as a Test cricketerIt is different for every player Every player needs to answer that question I remember when that time was for me he saidI just knew that certainly from the Test cricket perspective for me I didnt have that same hunger and drive anymore and I felt that that stage certainly for me was a good time to let new guys come in and also step into the T20 worldI wanted to do that at the stage where I still felt like I was on top of my game he addedDu Plessis was not pleased with ICC reportedly exploring the possibility of a twotier Test system No I think we need the game to be healthy Du Plessis saidWe saw over the last few years the value that was put on Test cricket by Australia England and India making sure that there were 45 Test seriesWhen you look at the other teams there are two Test matches here and there and playing six Test matches a season I do not think that is healthy for the game he offeredAs long as we can look at Test cricket as being important you just look at all the Test matches that took place over the last few weeks some incredible matches have been played Faf du Plessis notedOne of South Africas premier spinners Keshav Maharaj said that the consistency of his Test team has been phenomenal and they deserve to lift the World Test Championship WTC titleThe Proteas will face Australia in the final of the World Test Championship in June at the LordsSouth Africa advanced to the title clash of the 202325 cycle with a 20 win over Pakistan at home while Indias string of losses against New Zealand at home and against Australia ended their hopes of a third consecutive WTC final appearanceIf you look at our Test unit not many people would have afforded us the opportunity of making the final but weve been phenomenal from a consistency point of view from a cricket perspective Maharaj told PTIThe togetherness on the field and the camaraderie and spirit that you see within the dressing room propelled us to get thereHopefully this is our year and we go one better than weve done previously and raise a very prestigious title in the Test format he saidKeshav Maharaj accepted that Australia are a formidable opponentIts the hardest format of the game Its most challenging physically mentally and emotionally As a unit the kind of cricket that we have played we deserve to go and raise a trophyBut we are against formidable opponents hopefully we will come up on the right side of things he saidWith PTI Inputs