‘Coaches Are Afraid’: Gambhir’s Former Assistant Reveals Honest Chat With Kohli Over Outside Off Troubles

The former India coach revealed a frank chat with Virat Kohli over his outside off dismissals

If there is one black mark on Virat Kohli's storied career, it will be the end of his Test career and his premature retirement from the longest format of the game. The Tour of Australia and the outside-off issue will haunt Indian cricket fans for a long time, as it led to the end of a career that transformed Test cricket in India and across the world at a time when many felt he still had a few years left.

During the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which proved to be Kohli's last in whites for India, the former captain was dismissed after edging a delivery to the slip cordon or wicket-keeper on each of the eight occasions he lost his wicket during the five-match Test series, where he made just 190 runs in five matches despite a century in the second innings of the first Test at Perth.

While Kohli's familiar manner of dismissal had become the talk of the town on social media and in expert discussions, India's former assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate revealed it came as a cause of concern inside the…

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