Asia Cup Championship 2022: Can Virat Kohli bounce back?

In the 2014 England tour, Virat Kohli was in a slump phase, but there was a pattern and a technical problem that sent him back again and again. A technical adjustment boosted him to nearly 600 runs during the 2018 tours. 

But currently, Virat Kohli doesn't feel any pattern or technical problem. This looks evident also from his game in the last three years when he couldn't score a century. 

His cover drives have been beautiful, with the same grit of running between the wickets.

Virat Kohli said, "What happened in England was a pattern, so something that could work on and something that I had to kind of overcome. Right now, as you rightly mentioned, there is nothing that you can point out saying that the problem is happening here." 

What would bother a player of this calibre more? A consistent problem in technique or just a phase of bad luck? 

"I know where my game stands, and you cannot run this far in your international career without having the ability to counter situations and counter conditions and counter different kinds of bowling. So, for me, this is an easier phase to process, but I don't want to put this phase behind me," Kohli said on the Star Sports show 'Game Plan'.

In over 1000 days since his last century, Virat has gotten out in various ways. From off-break spinners LBW to just a touch and easy catch. Sometimes a new debutant bowler bounced, or sometimes a tremendous off-swinging ball. 

But not a consistent way, and that, for him, is a thing that is easy to process. The only thing he is looking for is getting back his rhythm.

"So, that for me is not an issue, which wasn't the case in England (2014). I didn't feel like I was batting well at all. So, I had to work hard on one thing that could be exposed again and again which I overcame; right now this is not the case," he added.

On 28th August, Virat Kohli will play his 100th T20I match against Pakistan. The training videos and his statements on his approach and understanding of the current situation make him very dangerous to the opposition. 

It could be the end of Virat's difficult phase, as he has been in aggressive touch, just a little lost in the rhythm to bat long. 

He said, "I know there are ups and downs, and when I come out of this phase, I know how consistent I can be. My experiences are sacred to me."

"So, this, for me, is an easier phase to process, but I don't want to put this phase behind me. I want to learn from it and want to understand what are the core values that I have, as a sportsperson and as a human being," he added.

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