‘Virat Kohli can’t always be relied on, other players have to step up’: Former RCB star warns franchises

Former India pacer Varun Aaron on Sunday said it is time for India’s domestic players to step up and rely less on Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore in this IPL season. Kohli has been RCB’s standout player in IPL this season and is currently the Orange Cap holder with 361 runs in 7 innings. He has a strike rate of 147.34 and a highest score of 113 not out.

Aaron told Star Sports, “It’s just that RCB hasn’t found the rhythm yet and domestic players haven’t stepped up yet.” Aaron, 34, who announced his retirement from first-class cricket earlier this year, added: “If You have to be at the top or in the middle of the table, then you have to have domestic players firing on all cylinders, you can’t always rely on Virat Kohli.

“Others have to step up and all their money is sitting on the bench. You can’t spend that much money on players and not get them playing.” In 2014, Aaron was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 2 crore Acquired for Rs., and retained by the team ahead of the 2016 auction.

Former Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch feels RCB needs an explosive middle-order batsman to complement Kohli.

“He (Kohli) has scored a lot of runs here and there. He is a modern-day great player. I think the fact that he is scoring runs and RCB is still not there is a positive sign in a way.

“When Virat does well, he really brings the other players forward.

“They just need to find a partnership with him, they need to find an explosive mid-order player who is in good form and Lomror has been in and out so it has all the ingredients for an epic game,” Finch said.

RCB will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.

Travis Head led Sunrisers Hyderabad to score 89 as they took on Delhi Capitals in Delhi on Saturday After a brilliant performance, Finch said the left-hander’s opener had allowed him to “get rid of the fear of failure”.

“That ability to play has always been there in him. I think the freedom to express himself and the ability to deal with the ups and downs of playing such an aggressive and high-risk game of cricket, I think just freed him up to a new level.

“I think if you look back at the World Cup final, even though wickets were falling around him, he kept on shooting and the ball was moving. Because he took away the fear of failure.

“If he misses five or six times in a row, he doesn’t mind because he knows he’s only one shot away. He’s the type of player who needs a shot from midfield. And that’s all he needs.” Go Again ,” Finch said.

In a match in which he scored over 460 runs, Seamer T Natrajan ended with brilliant figures of 4/19 and Finch believed the bowlers got the ball at the death towards the end of the game All wickets, which prevented him from winning the Man of the Match award.

“When you score 460 points in a game and a guy scores four points for 19, it’s a special performance. I think what didn’t make him man of the match was that when the game was over, four points The wicket was in the dust.” DC set an ambitious target of 267 and eventually settled for 199.

“I think Delhi’s ability to keep the run rate under 12 runs per over is remarkable and at that stage of the innings they are in a position to win.

“As Pat Cummins said, the wickets have slowed down a bit and the ball has become softer, making it easier for the slower bowlers to catch. It’s just one of the things they haven’t been able to sustain,” Finch said.

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