India, Feb. 21 -- Former India Test captain and head coach Anil Kumble feels Virat Kohli needs to take it easy as he wants to get among the runs. The right-hander failed to get going in India's ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Bangladesh in Dubai. Kohli scored 22 runs before falling prey to leg-spin again as he was sent back to the hut by Rishad Hossain.

Since the end of the 2023 ODI World Cup, Kohli has managed 137 runs in six innings. Kohli was slow to get off the blocks on Thursday in Dubai. He looked like a pale shadow of his old self, and his 22-run innings was cut short by the Bangladesh spinner.

Kumble feels Kohli is trying too hard to come out of his form slump and making it hard for himself.

"Having been through ...