A break of probably month or two will do Virat Kohli no harm: Wasim Jaffer

The two in-form teams of the IPL 2022– Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore are fighting to get an upper hand in the game at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. RCB’s start to the game was not been something that they ever imagined as SRH’s Marco Jansen cleaned up the RCB top order in no time after they were put to bat first.

Jansen scalped Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Anuj Rawat in the same over to add three big wickets to his name. But the biggest matter of concern here was Virat’s dismissal for a duck, yet again in the tournament. In RCB’s previous encounter against the Lucknow Super Giants, he was dismissed on the very first ball that he faced. Jaffer, like Ravi Shastri, is of the opinion that a short break is something that is much needed for Virat, and it will cause no harm to him if he does so.

“The situation prevailing for the past 5-6 months, which includes him stepping down as the captain from all formats of the game, and also leaving RCB’s captaincy, has been playing on his mind. I don’t think it is about the sport like he has played a lot of cricket recently- No. It’s not that. Six months back he was perceived as the leader and suddenly the environment has changed,” said Wasim Jaffer on Sky247.net presents ‘Not Just Cricket Show’ on CricTracker.

A break will refresh Virat Kohli’s mind and allow him to come back stronger: Jaffer

His form is something that everyone in the fraternity is worried about because no one is used to seeing him go through such a struggling phase. Talking about that, Jaffer further added:

“His Test average has come down to 37.63, whereas the numbers in ODIs and T20Is are respectable. I won’t say they’re bad. But the things that have surrounded the situation, keep playing on your mind. Thus, a break of probably a month or two will do him no harm. He should take a break after the IPL as I think it will refresh his mind and he will probably come back stronger. To not score a 100 in 100 innings across all formats for someone like Virat Kohli is not heard of because of the standards that he sets for himself.”