Kohli should call Sachin for guidance: Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar. Pic/AFP

India skipper Virat Kohli should seek guidance from Sachin Tendulkar and draw inspiration from the maestro's performance against Australia in the Sydney Test in 2004 to return to form, said former India captain Sunil Gavaskar.

"He should give a quick call to SRT [Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar] and ask what should I do?," said Gavaskar during commentary on Wednesday. "[Kohli should] do what Sachin Tendulkar did at Sydney. Say to himself that I am not going to play the cover drive," added Gavaskar.

Kohli fell to his nemesis James Anderson for just seven on the first day of the third Test here at Headingley on Wednesday, edging a delivery well outside the off-stump to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler as he attempted a drive. This is the seventh time in 23 Tests Anderson has scalped Kohli in Test match cricket. The England pacer has joined Australia spinner Nathan Lyon as the bowler to dismiss Kohli the most number of times in the longest format.

The India skipper has aggregated only 69 in four innings of three Tests, failing to get even a half-century.

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