Kapil Dev has once again come out with his blunt opinion on Virat Kohli, wondering if the former India captain was “dropped” and not “rested” for the upcoming T20I series against the West Indies.

“My thinking is that if anybody isn’t doing well then he can be rested or dropped,” Kapil told ABP News.

“I can’t say a player like Virat Kohli should be dropped. He’s a big player. If you say he has been rested as mark of respect, then there’s no harm in that... I don’t think there’s a bigger player than Kohli in T20s right now but when you are not doing well, the selectors can take their call.,” he added.

Kapil, however, made it clear that Kohli still has “a lot of cricket left in him”. “It’s not like India haven’t played without Virat in the last five-six years, but I want such a player to be back in form... there’s still a lot of cricket left in him.

“Play Ranji Trophy or score runs anywhere... His confidence needs to be back. This is the difference between a great and a good player. A great player like him shouldn’t take so much time to get back in form. He has to fight with himself and get things in order,” India’s first World Cup-winning captain said.