The former Australia skipper's bold remarks came after India lost the home Test series against New Zealand where Kohli had a below-average run.

Dubai: Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli should not be judged on the basis of current form and that the champion cricketer could make a powerful statement during the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar series given his class,

Ponting particularly highlighted Kohli's difficulty against New Zealand spinners Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel. "I saw a stat the other day about Virat, it said he's only scored two (three) Test hundreds in the last five years.

Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli should not be judged on the basis of current form and that the champion cricketer could make a powerful statement during the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar series given his class,

Kohli has had a horrid time in the last series against New Zealand where he scored just 93 runs in 6 innings at an average of 15.50 as India went down 0-3 in their home soil against the Kiwis.

A total of 1,838 runs from 34 Tests at an average of 31.68 certainly indicates the lean patch that Kohli has been experiencing lately.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has weighed in, on the recent form of Virat Kohli, saying the underwhelming returns of the right-handed batter recently, are indeed a "concern". However, Ponting believes that Kohli has it in him to turn around his fortunes,