Virat Kohli On When Players Are Out Of Form

“Kuch toh log kahenge...” Virat Kohli invoked this old Bollywood song when asked about KL Rahul's dip in form.

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00:00Sir, the only thing that comes to my mind is form and out of form.

00:05It's the same song. Some people will say it, but where will people say it?

00:09Leave the useless talks, don't go anywhere.

00:25I think there is a lot of impatience.

00:30Outside the cricket setup, people have their own point of view.

00:33People have their own ideas about what is going on in the mind of the player.

00:37And that becomes a judgment.

00:39And people have become very fond of listening to criticism regularly.

00:43So if a player is down, people enjoy making him fall further.

00:47But in the team, we understand how to manage people.

00:51The player is going through a difficult phase individually.

00:55It's not that you forget to play cricket.

00:57It's just that the mental clarity is reduced at that time.

01:00And at the same time, if you also know what is happening in the world,

01:04you are being told that you are out of form,

01:06then you are putting another external factor in your system.

01:09Cricket is a simple game. You have to see the ball, react, hit the ball.

01:12And it's a game to play in every moment.

01:15And all these outside talks, for me, to be very honest, are completely useless.

01:20I mean, from the first day of my career to the last day of my career,

01:24all these outside talks will always be useless for me.

01:27Who speaks for what reason about a player?

01:30What is the motive behind it?

01:32What is his thinking going on?

01:34For what reason is he speaking?

01:35Whose environment is being created?

01:37It is better if all these things remain outside.

01:40We neither let them come inside the team nor will we let them come in the future.

01:43We will back our players and try to keep them in a good mental space.