Pains me to see Virat Kohli go through such a long gap without a century, reveals Kapil Dev

India recently played out a 2-2 draw in a five-match T20I series against South Africa. Many senior players were rested for the series including Virat Kohli who has been out of touch for a long time. Kohli last scored an international century in November 2019 and has been searching for a hundred since then. His form in the IPL 2022 was also disappointing and the Indian team will rely on him to score some runs in the rescheduled Test against England. 

"I haven't played cricket as much as Virat Kohli. But sometimes you may not have played enough cricket but you can look to figure things out. Either that, or we just cannot criticise such great players. We have played cricket and we understand the game and after that, they have to improve their thought process, not ours,” he explained.

If you prove us wrong, we will like it. If you don't score runs, we feel there is some fault. We just see one thing and that's your performance. And if the performance is not there, don't expect people to stay quiet. Your bat and your performance should speak, nothing else.”