I’m back to playing the way I do, still lot of room to get to my best which hopefully happens in the IPL: Virat Kohli

With the 2023 edition of the IPL just a week away, Virat Kohli opened up about his struggles during the past few years when he was not playing at his best and had to take a break from cricket in order to rediscover his love for the game.
“It was just about rediscovering the love for the game. That could happen when I stepped away from what was happening on the field for so long. I was trying to find ways when I was exhausted. I needed to connect myself as a human first, not judge myself constantly or keep myself under the scrutiny all the time. Staying away from the game helped me. That helped me rediscover the excitement and love for the game. When I came back, everything was an opportunity, nothing was pressure,” Kohli said in a conversation with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“The results followed. I was able to play well in T20Is, ODIs, and recently in the Test series as well. I’m back to playing the way I do, there’s still a lot of room to get to my best, which hopefully happens in the IPL if I get to the level I really want to play. That would help the team,” he added.

“I think I’m back to playing the way I do, but there’s a lot of room to get to my best, which hopefully happens during the IPL” – Virat Kohli talks about returning to Bengaluru and Chinnaswamy, on Bold Diaries.#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/IJvTf8W1jt
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Kohli finally put his naysayers in place when he scored that elusive 71st century against Afghanan in the Asia Cup last year. Since then he has gone on to 75 international centuries spanning in all three formats with the recent Test ton against Australia being the latest.
Kohli’s franchise RCB will begin their IPL campaign on April 2 against the Mumbai Indians at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.