Virat Kohli is tired and running out of time, says former Zimbabwe all-rounder Dirk Viljoen

Virat Kohli will be back in action at the upcoming Asia Cup. It's fair to say that most, if not all, eyes will be on Kohli, who was rested for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. The upcoming Asia Cup, starting August 27, in many ways will be a testing ground for the selectors to assess Indian talent ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The million dollar question is - if Virat doesn't come good with the bat with consistent high scores etc, will his spot in the T20 World Cup squad be in danger? WHAT THE NUMBERS SAYKohli hasn't scored an international century since November 2019, but it would be incorrect and unfair to say that he hasn't been among the runs for his team. Kohli, who has 23,726 international runs in 463 matches (ODIs, Tests, and T20Is), is fourth on the list of Indian Test run getters, since his last international century, after Rishabh Pant (1369 runs in 20 matches), Cheteshwar Pujara (1052 runs in 21 matches) and Rohit Sharma (996 runs in 13 matches). Kohli in this period has played 18 Tests (since November 2019) and scored 872 runs at an average of 27.25, including 6 fifties.

In ODIs, the 33-year-old Virat has 824 runs in 23 matches (since Nov 2019), averaging 35.82, including 10 half-centuries. He is the third highest Indian run-getter after Shikhar Dhawan (1129 runs in 25 matches) and KL Rahul (961 runs in 22 matches) in this format for this period.

Kohli's T20I performance meanwhile has been phenomenal in the last three years. He has averaged above 50 in 27 matches and scored 858 runs, including 8 fifties. He is second to only Rohit Sharma (948 runs) on the runs scored by Indians in T20Is list in the period since his last international century in November 2019.

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