Virat Kohli's poor form with the bat in India's seven-wicket defeat to England in the Edgbaston Test has opened the former captain for more attack on the long run of low scores.

Experts and fans alike had hoped that Kohli would return to form now that he no longer has to carry the burden of captaincy, the 33-year-old batter failed to fire in the Indian Premier League and was rested for India's T20I series against South Africa.