Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan attributed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s failures during the first ODI against Australia at Perth and team playing a deep batting line up to a lack of game time on part of both legends and said that “processes need to be completed no matter how big a player you are.”

The former all-rounder, on the other hand, hailed wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant for giving himself some game time against South Africa A before the Proteas’ tour of India in November.

Pathan was speaking on his YouTube channel. Both Rohit and Virat, who were last seen in Indian colours during the ICC Champions Trophy win back in March, had poor outings at Perth, scoring eight and a duck respectively. While they played the IPL from April-June, they did not have much game time

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