"Gavaskar's suggestions are welcome but hope he suggests others also": Rajkumar

Team India batting legend Sunil Gavaskars advice for Virat Kohli to follow Sachin Tendulkars historic 241 runs knock in Sydney where he didnt play a single cover drive was disapproved by the stalwarts childhood coach Rajkumar SharmaSunil Gavaskar has been a great player and his suggestions are always welcomed but I hope he suggests others also about their batting Rajkumar Sharma a former Delhi offspinner who has coached Kohli since his preteen days told PTISunil Gavaskar the firstever player to score 10000 runs and 34 centuries in Test cricket history has not singled out only Virat Kohli but also opened up about other players during his commentaryHe has been performing well since 2008 It will be unfair to say that he is out of form on the basis of two innings He has already scored a hundred in this series How many players have got a hundred in the series Sharma countered citing his wards second innings ton at Perth which came after India had secured a 300 plus leadTo put things in perspective Kohlis first innings average in the 202425 season starting from the Bangladesh series is 73 runs in 8 completed innings with an average of 9125 The sequence of scores is 6 47 0 1 4 5 7 and 3 Brisbane first inningsAlso ReadHe has a really solid technique KL Rahul hails JadejaDoes he feel bad that he has been criticised for not getting one fifty in eight consecutive TestsTo be honest I didnt know much about the stats but the kind of player he is he will bounce back I think he is too good a player to be told anything and criticised because he has been the most consistent player in Indian cricket history the coach seemed a trifle indulgentHas it got more to do with mind rather than techniqueNothing to do with the technique or even the mind he is mature enough and understands the game he repliedRajkumar Sharma also revealed that he had conversations with Virat Kohli but chose to not disclose it in publicWe have been talking to each other and talked something that I wouldnt say in public But he is a mature enough player and knows where he is going wrong He will bounce back and youll see that in the series itselfIn the third Test match against Australia India opted to field first after winning the toss Day one saw a wicketless 13 overs but on day two India struck back dismissing Usman Khawaja 21 Nathan McSweeney 9 and Marnus Labuschagne 12 reducing Australia to 753However a 241run partnership between Steve Smith 101 off 190 balls 10 fours and Travis Head 152 off 160 balls 18 fours turned the tide in Australias favour Jasprit Bumrah 572 eventually broke the stand sparking a minicollapse but Australia still ended day two strongly at 4057 with Alex Carey 45 and Mitchell Starc 7 unbeatenOn day three Careys 70 88 balls seven fours two sixes and Starcs 18 guided Australia to 445 all out in 1171 overs Bumrah was Indias standout bowler finishing with figures of 676 while Siraj took two wickets and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep chipped in with one eachIndias first innings began poorly with Yashasvi Jaiswal 4 Shubman Gill 1 Virat Kohli 3 and Rishabh Pant 9 falling cheaply However KL Rahul held firm finishing day three unbeaten on 33 off 64 ballsOn day four India showed resilience Rahuls 84 139 balls eight fours and Jadejas 77 123 balls seven fours and one six combined with contributions from Akash Deep 27 off 31 balls two fours and a six and Jasprit Bumrah 10 off 27 balls with a six helped India avoid the followon ending the day at 2529With the series tied at 11 and two matches remaining Australia hold the edge in the contestWith Agency Inputs