IND vs NZ| Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara are not small children for someone to come and pat their back, says Salman Butt

Rahane has suffered a significant dip in his form and as a result his career average has dropped down below 40 which is a rare instance. Pujara has been scoring fifties once a while but he has not played a big knock for a few matches now. He has an average of 28.61 in 23 Tests since the 2018-19 tour of Australia. Commenting on the form of two senior batsmen, former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt has opined that both of them should be able to deal with their form on their own with the amount of experience they have playing international cricket

“Rahane and Pujara need to apply what they have. What are they waiting for? With this amount of experience, one needs to deal with their problems on their own. They are not small children for someone to come and pat on their back. That time has passed for them. Now is the time to take the bull by the horns," Butt said on his Youtube channel.

“You have seen enough ups and downs. Remember how you returned to form earlier. Don’t forget you are the captain (for Kanpur Test). A leader needs to charge others. If he himself is constantly searching for form, then things won’t work. Even if he is losing his battle within, he needs to come up and try something and go down fighting.” he stated