Virat Kohli - Fall After Rising And Then Rising Once More

Virat Kohli's 82 not out destroyed Pakistan's hopes of victory despite having India at 31/4 while chasing a target of one sixty. But there is more to the story.??

Till the end of 2019, Kohli could do no wrong. The man was in top form across formats. But when he came back to take guard after the pandemic break of almost 9 months, he was struggling for runs in all 3 versions.??

2021 is without a doubt the worst year of Kohli both as batter and skipper. Failing to reach the semis of the T20 World Cup was the final straw as by the start of 2022 he was no longer leading in any format.?

Kohli had risen high, fallen and now it was time to rise again. 2022 was the year of that resurrection.??

Kohli began to score runs more consistently, especially in T20Is and also ended his 100-less streak that lasted over 2 calendar years and more than 70 international innings. In fact, he hit a T20I 100, a feather that was missing from his cap.??

Kohli's knock vs Pakistan is a result of the hard work he put in as people began questioning his value to the side. The Asia Cup and home T20I series vs Australia showed he was back and this innings confirms it.??

'Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success,' is what he has always believed in.??

'Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it,' he had once said.??