"Not About Skills, It's About His Mental Space": Ex-India Spinner On Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli's form with the bat has been the biggest talking point in Indian cricket for a while now and the former India captain's struggles off late have led to talks about his place in the team. It is a well document fact by now that Kohli has not scored an international century since November 2019, but he was still getting in good knocks in all formats after international cricket resumed in late 2020 and 2021.

But the runs have dried up across formats since the IPL and Kohli is under pressure now. He has been rested for the West Indies tour but the batter is very much in the scheme of things for the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup later in the year.

Former India spinner and member of the IPL Governing Council Pragyan Ojha spoke to cricket journalist and anchor Jamie Alter during an episode of his chat show on Glance about Kohli's current form and pointed out the fact that Kohli's high standards are the reason why people are getting impatient about him not getting big runs.

“When you talk about Virat Kohli, you have to understand the things he has achieved … they are not normal. Getting those 70 hundreds in a span of about ten years is outstanding. Who are the other players who have done that? Not many. That is the reason why Rohit [Sharma], Rahul bhai [Dravid| and the team are backing him. They know that if he gets that one knock, things will turn around and suddenly you will see the old Virat Kohli. And when you have that Virat Kohli in your team and you're going for the T20 World Cup and then the 50-overs World Cup, any team would do anything to get him. I think it's just a matter of time," Ojha said.

He further said that Kohli had a brilliant conversion rate in international cricket, which saw him race his way to