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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar<\/a> feels batting maestro Virat Kohli<\/a> does not see eye to eye with head coach Gautam Gambhir<\/a> and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar<\/a>. Manjrekar’s remark comes after Kohli vented his frustration over having to prove a point every time he puts on the Indian jersey. Speaking on Sportstar’s Inside Edge<\/a> podcast, Manjrekar suggested that Kohli shares an uneasy relationship with the current management, highlighting that the environment the former India captain referred to was indeed the coach and selector duo.<\/p>\n “Environment. Now, it’s important because I don’t think anybody will be looking to read between the lines here. So I might as well be the bad guy here. So, environment, what is he trying to say? It’s very easy to see. When he was with Ravi Shastri<\/a> as captain and when he was a player as well, Ravi Shastri was right behind him, motivating him and backing him no matter what, a bit too much. It changed. Rahul Dravid<\/a> left, Gautam Gambhir came in. So that’s the environment that he’s talking about, where it changed and he may not have felt as comfortable as he did before. A certain chairman of selectors also came in, a guy who has his own view, and is a very self-respecting, strong individual. His plans for Indian cricket differ from those of the selectors previously. So that is the environment he is talking about,” said Manjrekar.<\/p>\n Manjrekar also pointed out that while it is completely okay if Kohli feels the way he does, his slump in Test cricket over the last five years cannot be overlooked.<\/p>\n “It happens to all of us when we are coming to the end of our careers, we start blaming a lot of other things for a problem that lies within. All Virat has to do. Forget about the environment, forget about who wants you out or who doesn’t. Just look at your record in the last 5 years in Test cricket. Do you deserve to have an average of 31 in five years at the Test level? So we’re just failing, and you got a long rope as you deserve to get, and in Indian cricket and culture, you get the longest rope possible,” he added.<\/p>\n Ever since Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket, following India’s defeat to Australia Down Under, there have been rumours of a rift between him and Gambhir-Agarkar.<\/p>\n While Kohli only remains active for India in ODIs, there is a lot of uncertainty over his participation in next year’s World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.<\/p>\n
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