This is an easier phase to process: Virat Kohli

He doesnrsquot find any particular pattern to his prolonged slump in form unlike 2014 but then to succeed in international cricket for as long as Virat Kohli has it couldnrsquot have happened without his ability to counter adversitiesThe former India skipper has gone without an international hundred across formats for nearly three years now but he feels that there isnrsquot much scope for course correction The reason being that he isnrsquot having any particular technical problem like one he had during England tour of 2014 when he was poking at deliveries on offstump channellsquoI understand my gamersquoldquoI 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 this for me is an easier phase to process but I donrsquot want to put this phase behind merdquo Kohli said on Star Sports He then spoke how a pattern of dismissals was detected on that tour and then after technical adjustments scored nearly 600 runs during the tour of 2018ldquoWhat happened in England was a pattern so something that I 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 hererdquo Kohli notedAlso Read Virat Kohli will be back calmer Former Team India coach Ravi ShastriModes of dismissalsHowever of late Kohli has got out in every possible manner to rising deliveries to fuller balls to swinging deliveries to cutters offspin legspin and leftarm spin He feels that when there arenrsquot any patterns thatrsquos the best thing to have happened ldquoSo that for me is actually an easier thing to process because I know that Irsquom batting well and at times when I start feeling that rhythm back then I know that Irsquom batting wellldquoSo that for me is not an issue which wasnrsquot the case in England 2014 I didnrsquot 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 caserdquo he addedAs he gets ready for the Asia Cup Kohli knows that he will have to fight these ups and downs which are part and parcel of an elite sportsmanrsquos life ldquoI 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 merdquo he saidLearning from mistakesldquoWhatever I have experienced in this phase or in the past as well one thing that I can So this for me is an easier phase to process but I donrsquot want to put this phase behind me I want to learn from it and I want to understand what are the core values that I have as a sportsperson and as a human beingrdquo he addedWatson Kohli will be physically and mentally freshFormer Australian allrounder Shane Watson feels Virat Kohli will be mentally and physically rejuvenated after a monthlong break from cricket ahead of the Asia Cup starting later this weekldquoHaving time off for him certainly would help him just be able to regenerate mentally physically just be able to get away from the game of cricketrdquo Watson said on the ICC Review ShowldquoYou could just see that his energy was a bit sapped even during the IPL You could tell no matter how much he triedmdashhe was always up and about but you could see the light was just out a tiny bitrdquo he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever