Kohli's "Aura Of Invincibility Has Faded": Chopra’s take on Former Captain

Is cricket player Virat Kohli still the same as he was before? Recent statistics would provide an unfavourable response. His Test average over the course of his career has been 49.53, but as of January 2022, it is only 31.42 in the longest format. His ODI average for his career is 57.68, but in 2022 it will be 21.87. His average this year in T20Is is 20.25, whereas his average for his career is 50.12. All of those statistics indicate that the former captain of India is not performing well on the pitch. 

Kohli will return in the Asia Cup after taking a break for the Tour of the West Indies and the Zimbabwe Cup.

“There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind about Virat Kohli’s class and his skills, and even if he doesn’t score another run in international cricket from here on, he will still be regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game. A man who did superhuman things and mastered all three formats like almost no others,”

Aakash Chopra wrote in his column for espncricinfo.

“Still, there’s also no hiding from the fact that the bat that worked like a magic wand isn’t obeying his commands anymore. There are more misses than hits. The aura of invincibility has faded and his presence doesn’t instil the same fear in bowlers’ minds as it used to earlier.”

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Chopra added that for India’s sake, Kohli needs to find form soon. “I’m in no way suggesting that Kohli’s story is remotely close to its final pages. In fact, considering all that he has achieved, his commitment to his fitness and his fighting spirit, the chances that he will be able to produce an encore are high. But it’s also important that it happens soon enough, for the sake of his and India cricket’s immediate future. After all, there is a World Cup starting in about eight weeks,”

he wrote