5 Players whose IPL form is a concern for the Indian National Team

Virat Kohli is living a nightmare with open eyes in IPL 2022. And he has stated on record that he now understands what woefully out of form means. Once thought of, as the perfect batsman with no chink in his armor, Virat Kohli now has a shield riddled with gaping holes. For once, it is not clear what his weakness is. Is he vulnerable to wrist spinners? Is he susceptible to off-spin (read Moeen Ali)? Or does he find negotiating pace and bounce difficult?

The truth is Virat Kohli is a human being, and like all human beings, failure is a part of life. It’s just that you don’t experience them all at once. Ideally, you want well-spaced failures, in between long periods of success. It seems ages now since Virat Kohli once ruled IPL when he scored four hundred’s in a single season. He almost scored 1000 runs in that very season. Virat Kohli of 2022 does not know how to buy a run. He would settle for 4 fifties, leave alone four hundred’s.

In 12 games in IPL 2022, RCB’s former captain has scored 216 runs at a strike rate of 111.34. It was believed before the start of IPL 2022 that being relieved of the captaincy burden, Virat Kohli will return to his usual scoring ways. But three golden ducks and a painful half-century later, it appears we are still in the eye of the storm. The Indian Team needs its best batsman to fire if it is to stand a chance of winning the T20 World Cup this year.