Virat Kohli remains influential regardless of the situation (Virat Kohli Cricket)

 After Virat Kohli's form dropped, Pakistan's captain Babar Azam spoke out in favor of the fellow generational talent.

Due to a knee problem, Kohli missed the first ODI against England and scored just 16 runs in the second game, which India lost by a score of 100 runs at Lord's. After scoring 1 and 11 in the T20I series and failing in the rescheduled fifth Test, the right-hander has now gone 77 straight international innings without reaching three figures.

Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal are both resting for the same trip, hence his name is also absent from India's T20I team to play the West Indies.

Fans and previous great players have questioned Kohli's status in the team because of the upcoming T20 World Cup and the necessity for World Test Championship points to stay in the running for next year's final, but his Pakistani opponent has shown his support on social media.

This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/ozr7BFFgXt

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 14, 2022

Few players have the same understanding of the challenges of maintaining world-class form as Pakistan's captain, who is now experiencing a golden period.

Babar is ranked first in the MRF Tyres ICC batting rankings for both ODI and T20I matches, as well as fourth in Test cricket, after scoring international centuries in recent series against Australia and the West Indies as well as a T20I half-century against Australia in Lahore last month.

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Prior to the England ODIs, captain Rohit Sharma spoke up for his colleague, giving Kohli further support earlier in the week.

"When someone scores regularly for such a long time, we can't ignore his impact even if he doesn't score in a single game, a single season, or a single year.

"We are aware of Virat Kohli's significance. The specialists have every right to discuss it, but for us, these things are irrelevant, he said.

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