Darren Gough backs Virat Kohli to overcome lean patch

The former English speedster has backed Virat Kohli to come back into form again. He said that the phase borne by Kohli is just like the phase any other sportsperson has in the form of ups and downs or crests and troughs.

The former pacer, a Virat Kohli fan himself, said that this is just a little lull before the storm and that Kohli will again regain his way back into top form. He cited the example of Joe Root who had survived a bad patch of form in Test cricket and had come through with it and passed that difficult phase with flying colors.

"As fans of the game we also need to back the former Indian captain and send him positive messages and affirmations through social media so that the king can come back to his old dominant self. This too shall pass, and the Indian great will come roaring back with a bang." said Darren Gough. 

According to former English pacer , the premier right-handed batter will soon return to form and hit the top gear once again. The cricketer, who claims to be a big Virat fan, recalled the time when he first saw Kohli in England in 2011 and thought he was going to be on the same path to greatness as Tendulkar.

During India’s tour of England in 2011, Virat scored a century (107 off 93 balls) in Cardiff in the final game of the five-match ODI series, and Gough said he knew right then that he was going to be the player who could be the next Tendulkar of Indian cricket.

"When I first saw him playing in England, I thought, Wow... I thought Tendulkar was good. He was brilliant, a genius in fact, but this guy, Virat Kohli, is right up there with him. Amazing player, with such style, aggression, everything I wanted to look for in a cricketer. He can take on the short ball and is good against spin. He has got that arrogance, puts the cap on as well now and again," Gough told Cricket.com.

"I want him to get back to scoring hundreds. We have seen Joe Root used to go through that spell – a lot of 70s, 80s and 90s. But I feel that with Virat, once he gets one, he will just keep going – hundred, hundred, hundred. And that’s what Joe Root has done. Virat is going through that spell and he just needs to score that first one and then he is going to cash in for the next 3-4 years," added Gough.