Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player. I believe Virat has the tools to come out of it (the form slump). He has done that in the past as well and I am sure he will come through this. Class is permanent and form is temporary,"

srilankasource Thursday, August 11, 2022 12:38:00 AM EAT

Harsha Bhogle said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “He likes that pace and bounce and the aggressive environment around. Balls not stopping and coming, doesn’t swing very much and comes beautifully (to the bat), lovely bouncy wickets. He doesn’t mind pace so if there’s one place you tilt, you would say Virat Kohli would rediscover himself, it’s probably Australia,”

expressindia Wednesday, August 10, 2022 7:03:00 PM EAT

Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player,"

newindianexpress Wednesday, August 10, 2022 6:14:00 PM EAT

Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player,"

business-standard Wednesday, August 10, 2022 2:42:00 PM EAT

Parthiv Patel said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Not for one game only (Rishabh Pant opening). I’m sticking to my word. I think Virat Kohli will open in Asia Cup. I just feel he will,”

news18 Monday, August 8, 2022 10:06:00 AM EAT

Brian Lara told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I respect Virat Kohli as a player, but you see, he is going to come out of it as a much better player. He will be learning a lot of things at this point in time. You cannot write him off,"

HindustanTimes Monday, August 8, 2022 5:18:00 AM EAT

Akash Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “The problem is that you need to remind people of Virat’s numbers. This is because he has played very little and missed more games of late. Even Rohit and Suryakumar won’t score in every game. But since they play continuously, we remember the good knocks that they played. Virat walks into the team no doubt, but he should have played at least the ODIs or T20Is against the West Indies,”

news18 Sunday, August 7, 2022 7:47:00 PM EAT

Mohammad Hafeez said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat Kohli is one of the best players of the past 10 years. I think he is also facing the same problem.. he needed a break because he had too much mental pressure. Their decision to rest Virat for this series was the best decision for him,”

HindustanTimes Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:15:00 AM EAT

Mohammad Hafeez said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think Virat Kohli is an impact player. In the past 2-3 years, we saw that the impact wasn't there. Even when he scored the half-century against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last year, that was, to me, impactless. Until you can't bring an impact, there's no point of you playing," “Every player requires a break. The Indian board made a good decision. This break will help him get back to becoming an impact player. He had lost his impact”

HindustanTimes Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:15:00 AM EAT

Sanjay Manjrekar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think they should have played Virat Kohli in every International match possible, whatever the format because Virat has had his breaks. People are advocating that he should take some breaks and he’s had his breaks. If you look at the last two years, he’s not played a lot of International cricket,”

news18 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:43:00 AM EAT

Anushka Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat and I have always been animal lovers. It's been years since we decided to adopt a meat-free lifestyle. The collaboration with Blue Tribe is a step to tell people how they can be more conscious and leave less impact on the planet by switching to a plant-based diet,”

HindustanTimes Monday, August 1, 2022 8:03:00 PM EAT

Adam Gilchrist said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It will be dangerous to cut Virat off at the moment. He is, maybe, a break away from freshening up. He has such a vast experience. He has set a high standard for a long time, so we are judging against a great player,”

india Friday, July 29, 2022 9:41:00 PM EAT

Adam Gilchrist told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It will be dangerous to cut Virat off at the moment. He is, maybe, a break away from freshening up. He has such vast experience. He has set a high standard for a long time, so we are judging against a great player,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 29, 2022 5:10:00 PM EAT

Shahid Afridi said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Why would he care about my advice? He has to perform because the expectations from him are so high from Virat. And for a very long time, there has been no performance from him according to the standards that he has set for himself,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 29, 2022 6:18:00 AM EAT

Saba Karim told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "First, I think the selectors and the team management have to figure out whether Virat Kohli is essential for India's preparation for India's T20 World Cup side or not. And once the selectors decide the team management feels that Virat Kohli is essential to the team’s success then I’d chart a path for Virat Kohli’s come back to great form,"

HindustanTimes Thursday, July 28, 2022 1:06:00 PM EAT

Pragyan Ojha asserted ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When you look at Virat's batting, it is not about the skill or that he's not timing it well or his fitness has taken a beating. He's just there, and I think better than others with his work ethic and discipline. The only thing is that maybe mentally he's a little caught up somewhere. Maybe that's why he's been regularly taking breaks,"

dnaindia Wednesday, July 27, 2022 8:29:00 AM EAT

Robin Uthappa said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When he (Virat Kohli) was scoring runs, when he was hitting hundred after hundred, nobody said he should play like this or that. Now, I don't think we have any right to tell him how to play. He has scored 70 hundreds thanks to his own abilities and he will score another 30 or 35 also on his own abilities," "We need to just leave him alone and let him play cricket. He knows what works best for him and I believe once he acknowledges his problem, he will be able to sort it out on his own. All we need to do is give him space to be himself,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 26, 2022 1:32:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “People are saying that he should be dropped. Virat Kohli is finished. There is nothing more left in his career and he would not be able to do anything more in his career. To them, I say Virat Kohli is the greatest player. In the last 10 years, if there has been any greatest player, it is Virat. He has 1-2 bad years, he still has scored runs, just the century has not come,”

HindustanTimes Monday, July 25, 2022 8:39:00 AM EAT

Rajkumar Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It is important. See, I don't think anyone can replace Virat Kohli at no.3 for some time, but we will have to develop youngsters at that position. And I think there will be many experiments on that position too. It isn't necessary that only Shreyas Iyer takes over that role,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, July 24, 2022 5:04:00 PM EAT

Raj Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli himself knows what he needs. When you do not score as per your standards, you practice more. I am sure that he is practicing, is doing, and will keep doing everything to back in form. The way international cricket goes, practice is the only way out. A player can only try and make the effort. And a player like him must be trying and trying to get out of the slump. But sometimes, things do not go your way. The kind of adulation and focus he has had on him over the years, this dip was bound to happen sometime,"

irishsun Saturday, July 23, 2022 9:45:00 PM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I am sure there’s a little bit of worry. There’s a lot of talk about ‘Virat Kohli ko replace karlein’, I think it’s not fair,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “No doubt that, that’s why I am saying it’s premature (calls for Kohli to be dropped). He is not getting runs, a few other players are performing, but come the World Cup in Australia, if India are two down, you want Virat Kohli in form, but you want a Virat Kohli batting there. Because he knows how to bat under pressure in the big stages,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “We have got some excellent young players who are doing well but that doesn’t mean you have to suddenly start questioning Virat Kohli. In World Cups, you need top players, you need experience. Hopefully, before that, he will get some runs. Once the confidence is there, he will find the Australian conditions the best to bat,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Phil Simmons said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I am not happy that people are not there because you want to play against the best players and we all know that Virat's record says that he is one of the best of all time. So yes I am disappointed and it would have been nice had he been here. I'm sure all the guys would have loved the competition,"

dnaindia Friday, July 22, 2022 9:11:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

newsday Friday, July 22, 2022 1:20:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

news18 Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:55:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

news18 Thursday, July 21, 2022 8:43:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “If you leave Virat out of the eve of the World Cup, and someone comes in and has a reasonable tournament, it will be hard for Virat to get back in it,”

news18 Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:12:00 PM EAT

Syed Kirmani told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat Kohli has loads of experience. He should be in the T20 World Cup squad. Once Kohli returns to form, he will be unstoppable. He could be a game-changer. A player with Kohli’s experience and abilities deserves to be in the World Cup squad,”

india Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:15:00 AM EAT

Syed Kirmani told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli has loads of experience. He should be in the T20 World Cup squad. Once Kohli returns to form, he will be unstoppable. He could be a game-changer. A player with Kohli's experience and abilities deserves to be in the World Cup squad,"

HindustanTimes Wednesday, July 20, 2022 5:16:00 AM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:38:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

newindianexpress Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:49:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

timesofindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:21:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I am sure we will have some other battles on the field. It was nice to hear what he (Kohli) said,"

timesofindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:21:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Look, Virat, he is going to go down as one of the greatest ever players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,”

news18 Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:12:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Yeah, Virat's gonna go down as one of the greatest ever players to have ever played the game in all three formats,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 19, 2022 3:41:00 PM EAT

Dinesh Karthick said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat has experienced insane success over the period of time. Now he will get a good break and will come back all recharged and, hopefully, will do phenomenally well. You can never rule out a player of his calibre,"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 12:30:00 PM EAT

Dinesh Karthick said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat has experienced insane success over the period of time. Now he will get a good break and will come back all recharged and hopefully, will do phenomenally well. You can never rule out a player of his calibre,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:27:00 AM EAT

Sunil Gavaskar added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps. As I said, he is allowed a few failures, look at his record for India, 70 international hundreds. I mean, he has got runs in all formats of the game, in all conditions," "Let's be patient, let's not rush things. We, somehow in India, hurry once a player reaches 32, 33, we all the time, look to push him out of the team when they have so much more to contribute. Let's be patient with Kohli as well. All these greats who have served Indian cricket are allowed a few failures"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:22:00 AM EAT

Sunil Gavaskar added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps. As I said, he is allowed a few failures, look at his record for India, 70 international hundreds. I mean, he has got runs in all formats of the game, in all conditions," "Let's be patient, let's not rush things. We, somehow in India, hurry once a player reaches 32, 33, we all the time, look to push him out of the team when they have so much more to contribute. Let's be patient with Kohli as well. All these greats who have served Indian cricket are allowed a few failures"

HindustanTimes Monday, July 18, 2022 5:55:00 PM EAT

James Anderson said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I like bowling at Virat Kohli, so maybe I’ll stick around for that next tour in India,”

india Sunday, July 17, 2022 7:11:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli is finished? Ok, fair enough. Virat Kohli should be dropped? Agreed. Now when I hear these things, I laugh and tell people, 'Virat has been the greatest batter in the world in the last 10 years,"

HindustanTimes Saturday, July 16, 2022 6:26:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “People are saying that he should be dropped. Virat Kohli is finished. There is nothing more left in his career and he would not be able to do anything more in his career. To them, I say Virat Kohli is the greatest player. In the last 10 years, if there has been any greatest player, it is Virat. He has 1-2 bad years, he still has scored runs, just the century has not come,”

expressindia Saturday, July 16, 2022 4:16:00 PM EAT

Saba Karim told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is too early to question Virat Kohli's place in the playing 11 as we have a lot of time before the T20 World Cup starts. He is fighting his own battle and the team management should not pay heed to the criticism and believe in his process to return to the form,"

HindustanTimes Saturday, July 16, 2022 4:05:00 PM EAT

Akash Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “When you picked the ODI team, you didn’t pick the T20I team. At that time, the biggest discussion point was that there is probably some concern regarding Virat’s injury. But when you didn’t have to put Virat Kohli’s name at all, even though he played the second ODI, either he has asked for rest, that’s another thing, you don’t know if he has asked for rest or has been asked to rest because of his injury or workload management,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 10:23:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I can’t say a player like Virat Kohli should be dropped. He’s a big player. If you say he has been rested as mark of respect then there’s no harm in that,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:47:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “The most important thing is how a player like Kohli can return to form. He’s not an ordinary cricketer. He should get more practice, play more matches to get back to his old self. I don’t think there’s a bigger player than Kohli in T20s right now but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call. My thinking is that if anybody isn’t doing well then he can be rested or dropped,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:47:00 AM EAT

Rashid Latif said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “You are talking about one player, but the entire Indian team isn’t winning consistently either. You are putting the gun on Virat’s shoulders and keeping the other players safe. You look at the 2019 World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup.. even when Virat didn’t perform, what were the others doing?”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 7:12:00 AM EAT

Wasim Jaffer said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli again looked good, but teams will keep bowling there (outside off stump) all the time. He needs to understand that, especially those lengths where he can't get runs off. Anything short, he can dab it to third man. Anything full is fine as well. But he needs to understand which deliveries he must leave,"

dnaindia Saturday, July 16, 2022 6:56:00 AM EAT

Babar Azam said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I just feel that in the present situation Kohli needs support and to be backed. I tweeted wishing him best because I know how a player feels when he is going through this period and he needs the support of everyone,"

newindianexpress Friday, July 15, 2022 4:57:00 PM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He [Kohli] has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman so he does not need reassurance,"

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 3:12:00 PM EAT

Ashish Nehra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When you don't perform, not only (when it's) Virat Kohli, there will be discussions. There will be discussions even if you're not a player of Kohli's calibre. When you are playing, you try to focus on your game and not listen to so-called 'outside voices' from people outside the dressing room. It's important how your teammates, management, and selectors are backing you,"

timesofindia Friday, July 15, 2022 11:54:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "The most important part is how to bring such a player back in form? He's not an ordinary cricketer. He should get more practice and play more matches to get his form back. I don't think there's any player in this world who is bigger than Kohli in T20s but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call. My thinking is that if anybody is not doing well then he can be rested or dropped,"

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 11:19:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He [Kohli] has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman so he does not need reassurance,"

business-standard Friday, July 15, 2022 9:21:00 AM EAT

Jos Buttler said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It is quite refreshing for the rest of us that he (Kohli) is human and he too can have a couple of low scores. He is one of the best players if not the best player in ODI cricket. He has been a fantastic player for so many years. As a captain you will always back the class of Virat Kohli,”

expressindia Friday, July 15, 2022 8:18:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He (Kohli) has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman, so he does not need reassurance,"

timesofindia Friday, July 15, 2022 7:57:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “When someone is scoring consistently for so long, we can’t overlook his contribution if he is not scoring in one or two series or in one or two years,” “We know the importance of Virat Kohli. The experts have got all the right to talk about it but for us these things don’t matter,”

news18 Friday, July 15, 2022 7:18:00 AM EAT

Ajay Jadeja said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I said this 8 months ago when we were talking about this. I said the only man who can relate to what Virat Kohli is going through is Tendulkar. The only man who he should give a call and say, 'let's have a drink together. Have a nice meal'. Because who else, since starting at age 14 or 15, never had a bad patch? Only moved forward, and reached the heights Tendulkar had reached?”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT

Ajay Jadeja said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “So, I can't think of anyone else, because I believe that everything is in the mind. So, he is a call away from Tendulkar. I hope even if Virat doesn't call... it's actually Sachin who should give him a call. Sometimes, young people are in that phase. When you are older, since you have been through that, it's your duty to make that call. I hope Master does that,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “He (Kohli) has played so many matches, for so many years. He is such a great batter so he does not need reassurance. I said this in my previous press conference too. Form will never be the same, that is part and parcel of any cricketer’s career. So, a player like him, who has played for so many years, scored so many runs and has won so many matches, for him, he only needs one or two good innings. That is my thinking and I am sure all those who follow cricket will think similarly,”

news18 Friday, July 15, 2022 6:31:00 AM EAT

Peter Myler added ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Since his last hundred Kohli has scored 2521 runs at 36 with a 94*. Let’s chat about his form, not arbitrary landmarks,”

news18 Thursday, July 14, 2022 2:34:00 PM EAT

Sourav Ganguly explained ( about Virat Kohli ) : "These things will happen in sport. It has happened to everybody. It has happened to Sachin, It has happened to Rahul, it has happened to me, it has happened to Kohli. It is going to happen to future players. That's part and parcel of sport and I think as a sportsman you just need to listen, be aware of what it is and just go and play your game, "

timesofoman Thursday, July 14, 2022 9:29:00 AM EAT

Sourav Ganguly said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Of course, look at the numbers he has got in international cricket that doesn’t happen without ability and quality. Yes, he has had a tough time and he knows that. He has been a great player himself. He himself knows by his own standards it has not been good and I see him coming back and doing well. But he has got to find his way and become successful, which he has been for the last 12-13 years or more and only Virat Kohli can do that,”

news18 Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:32:00 AM EAT

Sourav Ganguly explained ( about Virat Kohli ) : "These things will happen in sport. It has happened to everybody. It has happened to Sachin, It has happened to Rahul, it has happened to me, it has happened to Kohli. It is going to happen to future players. That's part and parcel of sport and I think as a sportsman you just need to listen, be aware of what it is and just go and play your game, "

timesofindia Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:26:00 AM EAT

Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player. I believe Virat has the tools to come out of it (the form slump). He has done that in the past as well and I am sure he will come through this. Class is permanent and form is temporary,"

srilankasource Thursday, August 11, 2022 12:38:00 AM EAT

Harsha Bhogle said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “He likes that pace and bounce and the aggressive environment around. Balls not stopping and coming, doesn’t swing very much and comes beautifully (to the bat), lovely bouncy wickets. He doesn’t mind pace so if there’s one place you tilt, you would say Virat Kohli would rediscover himself, it’s probably Australia,”

expressindia Wednesday, August 10, 2022 7:03:00 PM EAT

Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player,"

newindianexpress Wednesday, August 10, 2022 6:14:00 PM EAT

Mahela Jayawardene said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is unfortunate what Virat is going through right now at the moment, but he is a quality player,"

business-standard Wednesday, August 10, 2022 2:42:00 PM EAT

Parthiv Patel said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Not for one game only (Rishabh Pant opening). I’m sticking to my word. I think Virat Kohli will open in Asia Cup. I just feel he will,”

news18 Monday, August 8, 2022 10:06:00 AM EAT

Brian Lara told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I respect Virat Kohli as a player, but you see, he is going to come out of it as a much better player. He will be learning a lot of things at this point in time. You cannot write him off,"

HindustanTimes Monday, August 8, 2022 5:18:00 AM EAT

Akash Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “The problem is that you need to remind people of Virat’s numbers. This is because he has played very little and missed more games of late. Even Rohit and Suryakumar won’t score in every game. But since they play continuously, we remember the good knocks that they played. Virat walks into the team no doubt, but he should have played at least the ODIs or T20Is against the West Indies,”

news18 Sunday, August 7, 2022 7:47:00 PM EAT

Mohammad Hafeez said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat Kohli is one of the best players of the past 10 years. I think he is also facing the same problem.. he needed a break because he had too much mental pressure. Their decision to rest Virat for this series was the best decision for him,”

HindustanTimes Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:15:00 AM EAT

Mohammad Hafeez said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think Virat Kohli is an impact player. In the past 2-3 years, we saw that the impact wasn't there. Even when he scored the half-century against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last year, that was, to me, impactless. Until you can't bring an impact, there's no point of you playing," “Every player requires a break. The Indian board made a good decision. This break will help him get back to becoming an impact player. He had lost his impact”

HindustanTimes Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:15:00 AM EAT

Sanjay Manjrekar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think they should have played Virat Kohli in every International match possible, whatever the format because Virat has had his breaks. People are advocating that he should take some breaks and he’s had his breaks. If you look at the last two years, he’s not played a lot of International cricket,”

news18 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:43:00 AM EAT

Anushka Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat and I have always been animal lovers. It's been years since we decided to adopt a meat-free lifestyle. The collaboration with Blue Tribe is a step to tell people how they can be more conscious and leave less impact on the planet by switching to a plant-based diet,”

HindustanTimes Monday, August 1, 2022 8:03:00 PM EAT

Adam Gilchrist said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It will be dangerous to cut Virat off at the moment. He is, maybe, a break away from freshening up. He has such a vast experience. He has set a high standard for a long time, so we are judging against a great player,”

india Friday, July 29, 2022 9:41:00 PM EAT

Adam Gilchrist told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It will be dangerous to cut Virat off at the moment. He is, maybe, a break away from freshening up. He has such vast experience. He has set a high standard for a long time, so we are judging against a great player,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 29, 2022 5:10:00 PM EAT

Shahid Afridi said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Why would he care about my advice? He has to perform because the expectations from him are so high from Virat. And for a very long time, there has been no performance from him according to the standards that he has set for himself,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 29, 2022 6:18:00 AM EAT

Saba Karim told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "First, I think the selectors and the team management have to figure out whether Virat Kohli is essential for India's preparation for India's T20 World Cup side or not. And once the selectors decide the team management feels that Virat Kohli is essential to the team’s success then I’d chart a path for Virat Kohli’s come back to great form,"

HindustanTimes Thursday, July 28, 2022 1:06:00 PM EAT

Pragyan Ojha asserted ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When you look at Virat's batting, it is not about the skill or that he's not timing it well or his fitness has taken a beating. He's just there, and I think better than others with his work ethic and discipline. The only thing is that maybe mentally he's a little caught up somewhere. Maybe that's why he's been regularly taking breaks,"

dnaindia Wednesday, July 27, 2022 8:29:00 AM EAT

Robin Uthappa said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When he (Virat Kohli) was scoring runs, when he was hitting hundred after hundred, nobody said he should play like this or that. Now, I don't think we have any right to tell him how to play. He has scored 70 hundreds thanks to his own abilities and he will score another 30 or 35 also on his own abilities," "We need to just leave him alone and let him play cricket. He knows what works best for him and I believe once he acknowledges his problem, he will be able to sort it out on his own. All we need to do is give him space to be himself,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 26, 2022 1:32:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “People are saying that he should be dropped. Virat Kohli is finished. There is nothing more left in his career and he would not be able to do anything more in his career. To them, I say Virat Kohli is the greatest player. In the last 10 years, if there has been any greatest player, it is Virat. He has 1-2 bad years, he still has scored runs, just the century has not come,”

HindustanTimes Monday, July 25, 2022 8:39:00 AM EAT

Rajkumar Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It is important. See, I don't think anyone can replace Virat Kohli at no.3 for some time, but we will have to develop youngsters at that position. And I think there will be many experiments on that position too. It isn't necessary that only Shreyas Iyer takes over that role,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, July 24, 2022 5:04:00 PM EAT

Raj Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli himself knows what he needs. When you do not score as per your standards, you practice more. I am sure that he is practicing, is doing, and will keep doing everything to back in form. The way international cricket goes, practice is the only way out. A player can only try and make the effort. And a player like him must be trying and trying to get out of the slump. But sometimes, things do not go your way. The kind of adulation and focus he has had on him over the years, this dip was bound to happen sometime,"

irishsun Saturday, July 23, 2022 9:45:00 PM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I am sure there’s a little bit of worry. There’s a lot of talk about ‘Virat Kohli ko replace karlein’, I think it’s not fair,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “No doubt that, that’s why I am saying it’s premature (calls for Kohli to be dropped). He is not getting runs, a few other players are performing, but come the World Cup in Australia, if India are two down, you want Virat Kohli in form, but you want a Virat Kohli batting there. Because he knows how to bat under pressure in the big stages,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Ajit Agarkar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “We have got some excellent young players who are doing well but that doesn’t mean you have to suddenly start questioning Virat Kohli. In World Cups, you need top players, you need experience. Hopefully, before that, he will get some runs. Once the confidence is there, he will find the Australian conditions the best to bat,”

news18 Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:48:00 AM EAT

Phil Simmons said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I am not happy that people are not there because you want to play against the best players and we all know that Virat's record says that he is one of the best of all time. So yes I am disappointed and it would have been nice had he been here. I'm sure all the guys would have loved the competition,"

dnaindia Friday, July 22, 2022 9:11:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

newsday Friday, July 22, 2022 1:20:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

news18 Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:55:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I think if I was an opposition captain or an opposition player, I will be fearing playing an Indian team that has Virat Kohli in it, more than I would be one that doesn’t have him in it,”

news18 Thursday, July 21, 2022 8:43:00 AM EAT

Ricky Ponting said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “If you leave Virat out of the eve of the World Cup, and someone comes in and has a reasonable tournament, it will be hard for Virat to get back in it,”

news18 Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:12:00 PM EAT

Syed Kirmani told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Virat Kohli has loads of experience. He should be in the T20 World Cup squad. Once Kohli returns to form, he will be unstoppable. He could be a game-changer. A player with Kohli’s experience and abilities deserves to be in the World Cup squad,”

india Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:15:00 AM EAT

Syed Kirmani told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli has loads of experience. He should be in the T20 World Cup squad. Once Kohli returns to form, he will be unstoppable. He could be a game-changer. A player with Kohli's experience and abilities deserves to be in the World Cup squad,"

HindustanTimes Wednesday, July 20, 2022 5:16:00 AM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:38:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

newindianexpress Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:49:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Look, Virat is going to go down as one of the greatest players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,"

timesofindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:21:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I am sure we will have some other battles on the field. It was nice to hear what he (Kohli) said,"

timesofindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:21:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Look, Virat, he is going to go down as one of the greatest ever players to play the game in all three formats. He is a phenomenal player. And I have absolutely loved every time I have played against someone like him,”

news18 Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:12:00 PM EAT

Ben Stokes told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Yeah, Virat's gonna go down as one of the greatest ever players to have ever played the game in all three formats,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 19, 2022 3:41:00 PM EAT

Dinesh Karthick said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat has experienced insane success over the period of time. Now he will get a good break and will come back all recharged and, hopefully, will do phenomenally well. You can never rule out a player of his calibre,"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 12:30:00 PM EAT

Dinesh Karthick said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat has experienced insane success over the period of time. Now he will get a good break and will come back all recharged and hopefully, will do phenomenally well. You can never rule out a player of his calibre,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:27:00 AM EAT

Sunil Gavaskar added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps. As I said, he is allowed a few failures, look at his record for India, 70 international hundreds. I mean, he has got runs in all formats of the game, in all conditions," "Let's be patient, let's not rush things. We, somehow in India, hurry once a player reaches 32, 33, we all the time, look to push him out of the team when they have so much more to contribute. Let's be patient with Kohli as well. All these greats who have served Indian cricket are allowed a few failures"

dnaindia Tuesday, July 19, 2022 6:22:00 AM EAT

Sunil Gavaskar added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I think we just have to wait and see when he comes back, whether it helps or not helps. As I said, he is allowed a few failures, look at his record for India, 70 international hundreds. I mean, he has got runs in all formats of the game, in all conditions," "Let's be patient, let's not rush things. We, somehow in India, hurry once a player reaches 32, 33, we all the time, look to push him out of the team when they have so much more to contribute. Let's be patient with Kohli as well. All these greats who have served Indian cricket are allowed a few failures"

HindustanTimes Monday, July 18, 2022 5:55:00 PM EAT

James Anderson said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I like bowling at Virat Kohli, so maybe I’ll stick around for that next tour in India,”

india Sunday, July 17, 2022 7:11:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli is finished? Ok, fair enough. Virat Kohli should be dropped? Agreed. Now when I hear these things, I laugh and tell people, 'Virat has been the greatest batter in the world in the last 10 years,"

HindustanTimes Saturday, July 16, 2022 6:26:00 PM EAT

Shoaib Akhtar said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “People are saying that he should be dropped. Virat Kohli is finished. There is nothing more left in his career and he would not be able to do anything more in his career. To them, I say Virat Kohli is the greatest player. In the last 10 years, if there has been any greatest player, it is Virat. He has 1-2 bad years, he still has scored runs, just the century has not come,”

expressindia Saturday, July 16, 2022 4:16:00 PM EAT

Saba Karim told ( about Virat Kohli ) : "It is too early to question Virat Kohli's place in the playing 11 as we have a lot of time before the T20 World Cup starts. He is fighting his own battle and the team management should not pay heed to the criticism and believe in his process to return to the form,"

HindustanTimes Saturday, July 16, 2022 4:05:00 PM EAT

Akash Chopra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “When you picked the ODI team, you didn’t pick the T20I team. At that time, the biggest discussion point was that there is probably some concern regarding Virat’s injury. But when you didn’t have to put Virat Kohli’s name at all, even though he played the second ODI, either he has asked for rest, that’s another thing, you don’t know if he has asked for rest or has been asked to rest because of his injury or workload management,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 10:23:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev told ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I can’t say a player like Virat Kohli should be dropped. He’s a big player. If you say he has been rested as mark of respect then there’s no harm in that,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:47:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “The most important thing is how a player like Kohli can return to form. He’s not an ordinary cricketer. He should get more practice, play more matches to get back to his old self. I don’t think there’s a bigger player than Kohli in T20s right now but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call. My thinking is that if anybody isn’t doing well then he can be rested or dropped,”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:47:00 AM EAT

Rashid Latif said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “You are talking about one player, but the entire Indian team isn’t winning consistently either. You are putting the gun on Virat’s shoulders and keeping the other players safe. You look at the 2019 World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup.. even when Virat didn’t perform, what were the others doing?”

news18 Saturday, July 16, 2022 7:12:00 AM EAT

Wasim Jaffer said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "Virat Kohli again looked good, but teams will keep bowling there (outside off stump) all the time. He needs to understand that, especially those lengths where he can't get runs off. Anything short, he can dab it to third man. Anything full is fine as well. But he needs to understand which deliveries he must leave,"

dnaindia Saturday, July 16, 2022 6:56:00 AM EAT

Babar Azam said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "I just feel that in the present situation Kohli needs support and to be backed. I tweeted wishing him best because I know how a player feels when he is going through this period and he needs the support of everyone,"

newindianexpress Friday, July 15, 2022 4:57:00 PM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He [Kohli] has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman so he does not need reassurance,"

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 3:12:00 PM EAT

Ashish Nehra said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "When you don't perform, not only (when it's) Virat Kohli, there will be discussions. There will be discussions even if you're not a player of Kohli's calibre. When you are playing, you try to focus on your game and not listen to so-called 'outside voices' from people outside the dressing room. It's important how your teammates, management, and selectors are backing you,"

timesofindia Friday, July 15, 2022 11:54:00 AM EAT

Kapil Dev added ( about Virat Kohli ) : "The most important part is how to bring such a player back in form? He's not an ordinary cricketer. He should get more practice and play more matches to get his form back. I don't think there's any player in this world who is bigger than Kohli in T20s but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call. My thinking is that if anybody is not doing well then he can be rested or dropped,"

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 11:19:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He [Kohli] has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman so he does not need reassurance,"

business-standard Friday, July 15, 2022 9:21:00 AM EAT

Jos Buttler said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “It is quite refreshing for the rest of us that he (Kohli) is human and he too can have a couple of low scores. He is one of the best players if not the best player in ODI cricket. He has been a fantastic player for so many years. As a captain you will always back the class of Virat Kohli,”

expressindia Friday, July 15, 2022 8:18:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : "He (Kohli) has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman, so he does not need reassurance,"

timesofindia Friday, July 15, 2022 7:57:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “When someone is scoring consistently for so long, we can’t overlook his contribution if he is not scoring in one or two series or in one or two years,” “We know the importance of Virat Kohli. The experts have got all the right to talk about it but for us these things don’t matter,”

news18 Friday, July 15, 2022 7:18:00 AM EAT

Ajay Jadeja said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “I said this 8 months ago when we were talking about this. I said the only man who can relate to what Virat Kohli is going through is Tendulkar. The only man who he should give a call and say, 'let's have a drink together. Have a nice meal'. Because who else, since starting at age 14 or 15, never had a bad patch? Only moved forward, and reached the heights Tendulkar had reached?”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT

Ajay Jadeja said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “So, I can't think of anyone else, because I believe that everything is in the mind. So, he is a call away from Tendulkar. I hope even if Virat doesn't call... it's actually Sachin who should give him a call. Sometimes, young people are in that phase. When you are older, since you have been through that, it's your duty to make that call. I hope Master does that,”

HindustanTimes Friday, July 15, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT

Rohit Sharma said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “He (Kohli) has played so many matches, for so many years. He is such a great batter so he does not need reassurance. I said this in my previous press conference too. Form will never be the same, that is part and parcel of any cricketer’s career. So, a player like him, who has played for so many years, scored so many runs and has won so many matches, for him, he only needs one or two good innings. That is my thinking and I am sure all those who follow cricket will think similarly,”

news18 Friday, July 15, 2022 6:31:00 AM EAT

Peter Myler added ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Since his last hundred Kohli has scored 2521 runs at 36 with a 94*. Let’s chat about his form, not arbitrary landmarks,”

news18 Thursday, July 14, 2022 2:34:00 PM EAT

Sourav Ganguly explained ( about Virat Kohli ) : "These things will happen in sport. It has happened to everybody. It has happened to Sachin, It has happened to Rahul, it has happened to me, it has happened to Kohli. It is going to happen to future players. That's part and parcel of sport and I think as a sportsman you just need to listen, be aware of what it is and just go and play your game, "

timesofoman Thursday, July 14, 2022 9:29:00 AM EAT

Sourav Ganguly said ( about Virat Kohli ) : “Of course, look at the numbers he has got in international cricket that doesn’t happen without ability and quality. Yes, he has had a tough time and he knows that. He has been a great player himself. He himself knows by his own standards it has not been good and I see him coming back and doing well. But he has got to find his way and become successful, which he has been for the last 12-13 years or more and only Virat Kohli can do that,”

news18 Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:32:00 AM EAT

Sourav Ganguly explained ( about Virat Kohli ) : "These things will happen in sport. It has happened to everybody. It has happened to Sachin, It has happened to Rahul, it has happened to me, it has happened to Kohli. It is going to happen to future players. That's part and parcel of sport and I think as a sportsman you just need to listen, be aware of what it is and just go and play your game, "

timesofindia Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:26:00 AM EAT