Virat Kohli,
the Royal Challengers Bangalore batter, is currently having a bad run with the
bat, having scored only 119 runs in eight matches. Kohli’s last international
century came in 2019 against Bangladesh, and the three-figure milestone has
escaped the former captain since then. Former Team India head coach Ravi
Shastri recently said that Virat should take a break since he appears
“overcooked.” Now, Delhi Capitals assistant coach Shane Watson has
also stated that something is different about the India batter, but he believes
Kohli will return to form soon.

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Watson said
on The Grade Cricketer’s Podcast, “In the last game, where Delhi Capitals
played against them, there was something tiny bit different with Virat. Because
I have seen him before, I have played against him and with him for a couple of
years at RCB. It looked like his energy was a little bit different, a little
bit off. The thing with Virat is that he is always so amped every time he goes
out to bat, every time he is in the field. It is superhuman what he has been
able to do so far and sustained for such a long period of time. He’s a freak of
nature with the intensities he’s able to continue to keep up in his game.” 

“And
the other night, it was just the other night I felt his battery was just a tiny
bit off. In the end, he is human, even though everything he has done is just
about he’s superhuman especially with the intensity he has been able to take to
every single game but at some stage and it wouldn’t surprise me if in and
around the Indian stuff or him stepping down as captain, that’s going to suck a
lot of energy out of him because I know how much it meant to him,” he
further added.

Kohli stood
down as India’s T20I captain, and then Rohit Sharma was named ODI captain after
head selector Chetan Sharma said in a news conference that the selectors wanted
one leader for the white-ball forms. Following the Test series loss to South
Africa, Kohli relinquished his captaincy in the longest version of the game as
well.