New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble believes that Virat Kohli is trying too hard, which is making it more difficult for him to regain form during his lean patch, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Since the 2023 World Cup, Kohli has struggled in ODIs, managing just 137 runs in six innings with a solitary half-century. In India's opening match of the 2025 Champions Trophy against Bangladesh in Dubai, he scored 22 off 38 balls before falling to legspinner Rishad Hossain.

"Having been through a lean patch, so to speak, especially in white-ball cricket - he hasn't had that kind of run for a long period of time - I feel he's trying a bit too hard," Kumble said, as per quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"You have that in players who ha...