Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has pointed it out to the Indian fans that Virat Kohli has been scoring fifties lately but seems to be out of form due to the high standards he has set for himself.

Team India skipper Virat Kohli has scored 9 international half-centuries since January 2020 in 31 batting innings across formats at an average of 33.80. He has scored over 1,000 runs in the last 15 months at the highest level.

Gambhir told Star Sports, " You’ve got to remember that India have played Test cricket on difficult wickets. Apart from Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant, none of the other batsmen could score consistently in the Tests.”

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“And Kohli obviously sets such high standards for himself that we talk about form when he doesn’t score hundreds. He has been scoring fifties. He scored a fifty in Adelaide and also got two fifties against England. Yes, he didn’t get a hundred and perhaps that’s why there’s a lot of debate going around. India is obsessed with hundreds,” he added.

The 39-year-old also feels that the T20 format will allow Kohli to play freely because he has the likes of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya in the Indian squad to take the pressure off him.

“And I believe this format is such, it will allow him to play freely. He’s got a Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya, who can take the pressure off him,” Gambhir concluded.