Virat Must Learn to Accept the Reality Like MS: Manjrekar

Pune: During the Press Conference of the 3-match ODI series against England in Pune, Virat Kohli’s view on ‘outside talks’ which he feels is nothing but ‘nonsense’. Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has reacted to India’s captain that He must learn to accept this reality with calmness & maturity like MS Dhoni. Replying to a question on KL Rahul, who is going through a lean patch, Virat Kohli said that his team was not going to allow the ‘nonsense’ outside noise to enter the dressing room. He added that players in Team India will be backed and given a good mental space.

“When an individual is going through a tough phase – it’s not like he forgets how to play, it’s just that mental clarity isn’t as good at the time – at that time if you know what things are being said and you’re being told you’re out of form, then you’re bringing in another external factor into your system,” Kohli said of Rahul’s ongoing lean patch. “It’s a simple game: you have to watch the ball and react and hit the ball. You have to be in the moment and all this outside talk, to be very honest, is completely nonsense. “From the first to the last day of my career, all this outside talk has been nonsense to me. Who says what and why about a player, what’s the motive behind it, what’s the thinking behind it, it’s better that all that remains outside because we’re not going to let it enter our system even in the future. We are going to back our players and try and give them a good mental space,” Virat Kohli said.

However, Sanjay Manjrekar feels that Kohli must learn to accept the “age old reality” of “public reacting to a public performance”. He stated that However, Sanjay Manjrekar feels that the India captain must learn to accept the “age old reality” of “public reacting to a public performance”. He stated that Virat Kohli should show maturity and calmness like MS Dhoni while handling the criticism. “Outside talk which Virat calls nonsense is basically public reacting to a public performance. And it’s always been the same- Praise when you do well, critique when you don’t. Virat must learn to accept this age old reality with calmness & maturity. Just like Dhoni did,” Manjrekar tweeted.

Outside talk which Virat calls nonsense is basically public reacting to a public performance. And it’s always been the same- Praise when you do well, critique when you don’t. Virat must learn to accept this age old reality with calmness & maturity. Just like Dhoni did.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 23, 2021

The first ODI between India and England will be played on Tuesday. The 50-over match will be open by Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, Confirmed Virat