IPL 2022 | Virat Kohli has got lifetime worth of credit to earn the selectors’ backing, opines Shane Watson

IPL 2022 has almost reached its half-way stage and Virat Kohli has been having a tough time with the bat as he is suffering a slump in form in international cricket as well as IPL. It was expected that Kohli would be able to play freely and perform good for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he doesn’t have the responsibility of captaincy anymore. However, Kohli is going through his worst season scoring 128 runs in nine matches with an average of 16. 

"You don't lose your skill as he has got, it can be suppressed a little bit because of the situations or you're a little bit tired or whatever, it can happen in the game of cricket. No one has gone about their career scoring runs non-stop, especially in a long career. There will be little periods where there will be a little bit of downtime. But Virat, he is just so good, he will find his way. He has got a lot of credit in his bank.”

"As a coach, you have to just be around him trying to make sure he is as mentally fresh as possible. Technically, he knows his game better than most players. It's so ingrained. Knowing that it's all around his mental freshness," he said.

"The intensity that he always had going into every game he played is superhuman. Knowing everyone that I have really seen, apart from a couple of guys, they have not been able to maintain that kind of intensity over years. Virat now has come to a point where it's hard to maintain. So for me, it's will be all round his mental freshness. That's just around understanding individuals. His technique is always super good.”