The criticism reached its peak last month, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at home, when Virat Kohli failed to convert his starts, with some even questioning his place in the Test XI. But just like that he broke his international hundred drought last September to silence the critics.

Kohli told AB de Villiers on the latter’s YouTube channel –

“So, when I made the hundred and converted it into a big one, that gave me a sense of calmness, relaxation, and excitement again.” Kohli pulled off a similar in Ahmedabad with a stunning 186. A week after that impressive ton, his 75th across format, Kohli broke his silence on the century drought and on answering back his critics in style.

By March, some fans and veterans lost their patience as they questioned Kohli’s place in the Indian Test team. But on 13 March, Kohli silenced them all with a remarkable knock in the fourth Test against Australia.

Kohli added – “You kind of become comfortable with your game, and your thinking, and your heart is not rising before the next practice session. You eventually want to be in such a space. And that particular hundred gave me a grounded feeling back. Just from a cricketing perspective. In life, I was pretty happy and relaxed. But when playing also, you want to be in that space as much as possible.”

Kohli further said –

“I and AB (AB de Villiers) have been in touch for a while and he knows how much I value Test cricket. Even though, I had performed in T20Is again and scored ODI centuries and all that stuff, I always felt that white-ball cricket, for me, was more of a thing where if you go in with the right frame of mind on a particular day or for a certain period of time, you can get past the hurdles.”

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