There have been growing concerns over the current batting form of former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli. The latter has been going through a rough patch for the past few months; he managed to amass just 341 runs in 16 matches in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), and failed to surpass the tally of 20 runs during the six innings across all formats during the recently-concluded tour of England.

While a lot of people have criticized Kohli for his bad form, he has also received massive support from the cricketing fraternity. Pakistan captain Babar Azam, England’s white-ball skipper Jos Buttler, and former England skipper, Kevin Pietersen came in support of Kohli amid his bad patch. 

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On Tuesday, former Pakistan skipper, Salman Butt also came in support of the 33-year-old India batter, insisting that people should back him instead of pointing out his failures “again and again.”

In the latest video of his Youtube channel, salmon Butt said, “Virat Kohli is a big player, there’s no doubt about that. Any player can have bad patches, sometimes they can go frustratingly longer. People stop believing in you. But then, big players always come back. “When he was enjoying a good run for many years, people used to say, ‘this guy can never go out of form’. He should be backed instead of saying ‘he has failed’ again and again.”

Salman Butt also made a strong remark on one of the fan comments on his channel that said Kohli had been struggling against the southpaw pacers. 

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Elaborating the same, Butt said, “Who doesn’t have problems against left-arm pacers? Rohit Sharma faces more troubles against them. In this series, Reece Topley dismissed almost all their batters. In South Africa, Marco Jansen did the same. Mohammad Amir troubled them. Shaheen was brilliant in the T20 World Cup against India. Left-armers have a difficult angle in comparison to right-armers. So, Kohli isn’t alone. Other batters also have similar issues.”