Permission to Fail
Form deserts everyone batter at times in their career. When this happens run scoring becomes very difficult and may seem nigh impossible. What seemed like a walk in the park earlier now feels like a marathon. No change in training routines and preparation but they just don't seem to bear fruit. Virat Kohli is going through such a phase now. When one sets such high standards of performance like Kohli has for himself and delivered them so consistently over a such a long period of time, it is inevitable that there will be lean phase some time and unfortunately that time is now. RCB means a lot to Kohli. Despite his best efforts the IPL trophy continues to be evade his beloved RCB's grasp. The pressure of not contributing must be taking a toll and making it all the more difficult for him to bounce back. With each of his failures RCB's chances of making the playoffs are getting more and more tricky. Giving up RCB's captaincy must not have been easy. As Kohli felt it will