Virat Kohli suffered a poor outing in the first two Tests against New Zealand. Barring a 70-run knock in the second innings of the first Test, Kohli did not make any significant contribution to the team. The ace India batter has been struggling for runs in the Test format. Kohli was the spine of Indian batting for almost a decade and played a crucial role in many Indian wins, but he hasn't been the same player in the last four years, where he notched up just two centuries, with the last hundred coming against West Indies in July 2023.

Kohli has been found wanting against the spinners on Indian pitches, and Dinesh Karthik feels Kohli's struggles against spinners have been a recurring pattern and the batter needs to find a solution to the same.

"Virat Kohli has not had it easy, the series has not been good to him, three out of four innings, he has disappointed. It's obviously a recurring partner where spinners have troubled him, and I think he will go and figure out what he needs to do to come out stronger. He is a man, who is searching for answers. When you reach that level of genius and super stardom, you will be thrown challenges and here is another challenge. India likes to play on pitches that aids spin, what is his gameplan?" said Dinesh Karthik while speaking to Cricbuzz.

Karthik said Virat Kohli hasn't played those match-winning knocks in the last few years which he played so frequently before, suggesting him to go back to domestic cricket and work on the flaws.

"We all know what he is capable, this series was not meant to be. Like the fans have been saying, he has not done it for a long time and that we cannot run away from. We don't want to sugarcoat it because we want to be as objective in assessing any player, any performance, at the moment Virat Kohli's Test record in the last 2-3 years, has not been great against spin," said Karthik

"What we needs to do, is probably go back to domestic cricket and focus on what needs to be done with the current rules of DRS. There is no doubt the left-arm spinners pose a big threat," he added.

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