IPL 2021: Virat Kohli quickly needs to adjust to T20 mode for RCB to succeed, says Gautam Gambhir

Kohli
–
who
led
Team
India
in
the
World
Test
Championships
final
in
June
and
later
in
the
Test
series
against
England
–
last
played
a
T20
game
on
April
30
in
the
IPL.

Kohli
is
a
seasoned
campaigner
and
hailed
as
one
of
the
greatest
limited-overs
batsmen
of
all
time
but
the
right-handed
batsman
certainly
needs
some
time
adjusting
to
the
conditions.
Gambhir
opined
that
Kohli’s
teammate
and
another
key
RCB
batsman
AB
de
Villiers
too
hasn’t
played
much
cricket.
RCB
are
currently
placed
third
in
the
points
table
with
five
wins
in
seven
games.

Speaking
exclusively
on
STAR
SPORTS
show
GAME
PLAN,
Gambhir
shared
his
thoughts
on
why
Kohli
needs
to
adjust
from
Test
cricket
to
T20
really
quickly,
“See
there’s
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
Virat
and
there’s
going
to
be
a
huge
challenge
for
AB
de
Villiers
as
well
because
he
will
be
coming
into
the
tournament
without
playing
any
cricket
at
all.”

Gambhir
added
the
duo
of
Kohli
and
de
Villiers
need
to
fire
if
RCB
aim
to
qualify
for
the
playoffs.

“Virat
Kohli
will
have
to
adjust
really
quickly
because
there’ll
be
hardly
any
time
for
him
to
get
used
to
it.
From
the
five-Test-match
series
to
the
T20
format,
and
AB
as
well,
because
these
guys
need
to
get
runs
if
they
have
to
have
a
chance
to
first
qualify
for
the
playoffs
and
then
probably
go
on
to
win
the
title,”
the
two-time
IPL-winning
captain
said
further.