Virat Kohli can't play for long by riding on his name: Karsan Ghavri

Former India cricketer Karsan Ghavri on Friday shared his thoughts on Virat Kohlis poor form saying the former skipper is a great player but he cant play for long just riding on his nameVirat Kohli is such a great player for India but unfortunately for the last two years we have seen him getting caught behind or caught in the slips while chasing the delivery outside the offstumpHe has to look at this and improve He has to restrict those shots because if he keeps going like this and getting out and not getting runs there comes a question mark why is he not scoring Ghavri who was a part of the 1975 and 1979 World Cup teams told Jagran TVHe has to prove his form in the current series These days you cant play for long riding on your name Virat is a great player but only his name will not work He has to perform and score runs This is how it goes Everybody understands that he is going through a rough patch and it happens with every player he saidFurther praising Hardik Pandya who has been widely compared to former India skipper Kapil Dev Ghavri said there are no doubts in Pandyas cricketing abilitiesHowever he feels that the 28yearold allrounder has a long way to go before he can be compared to KapilPandya on Thursday displayed his potential as a matchwinner during the first T20I between India and England at the Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium in Southampton where the Men In Blue defeated the English side by 50 runsAlso Read ENG vs IND Rohit Sharma showers high praise on Hardik PandyaIndias victory was backed by the likes of Hardik Pandya who scored a quickfire fifty propelling the visitors to 198 for eight The swashbuckling allrounder then destroyed Englands batting and finished with excellent figures of 433 in his full quota of four oversTheres no doubt about Hardik Pandya being a fine cricketer and after a long time India has found a good allrounder in him He bowls beautifully bats well and scores runs at the right time Plus he is a very safe fielder just like the State Bank of India Ghavri said adding I feel we definitely need such an allrounderPeople do compare him with Kapil Dev but I think he has a long way to go before he can be compared with Kapil Dev Ghavri saidKapil Dev was a different breed altogether and his records and stats speak volumes for him So it is not fair to compare Hardik with Kapil Dev yet Ghavri further assertedOn Jadeja being named as vicecaptain of India for the upcoming limitedovers tour of West Indies Ghavri said although Jadeja is a fantastic player he is not captain materialWhen Indias squad for the West Indies tour was announced I saw that Shikhar Dhawan was named as the captain I feel this was a good move But they have named Ravindra Jadeja as the vicecaptain Havent the selectors seen what happened to Jadeja in the IPL he saidHe had to leave the CSK captaincy halfway through because he is not captain material He is a brilliant cricketer but a captains mind is totally different Jadeja doesnt have the ability or even Jasprit Bumrah for that matter Ghavri concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever