Former Indian pace bowler Ajit Agarkar feels that it is perhaps too early to talk about one of the best batters Virat Kohli’s future with the Indian team. However, Kohli has been struggling of late to score big. Thankfully, according to Agarkar, there are times until the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, as Virat Kohli will play a crucial role for the hosts. The 44-year-old feels Kohli still has ample time to get back into form.

Speaking on the show ‘The Run Up’ on FanCode, here’s what Ajit Agarkar said: “At the moment, he (Kohli) is going through a lean patch, which is a fact of life. Every great player or the other has gone through it. Hopefully, for India’s sake, he comes out of it sooner or later, because it is the ODI World Cup next year. He has a bit of time before the World Cup. But you don’t want a great player like Virat to stay out of form for too long. There is a bit of worry but there is a lot of talk about that Virat Kohli should be replaced, which is too premature.”

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Meanwhile, former Indian left-arm spinner Murali Kartik was also present on the panel on FanCode and shared his views on Kohli’s run-drought. Kartik feels that it is almost impossible for a player who has scored 70 international hundreds, to not know how to score runs as well.

He opined: “If you look at any sport, the percentage of success is less than the percentage of failure. He has 43 hundred in ODIs and is in search of his 71st (international) hundred. He knows how to get runs. He is a champion player.”

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However, Virat Kohli is currently rested from India’s tour of the West Indies. Team India will hope that he returns in form before the Asia Cup in August as well.