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Ahead of the Asia Cup starting from August 27 in the UAE, talismanic India batsman Virat Kohli admitted that there was a pattern to his lean scores on the tour of England, which gave him something to work on and had to overcome on his time off from the game.

Kohli returns to the Indian team for the Asia Cup in T20I format, after a break of more than a month.

He last played during the tour of England in July, where he made scores of 16 and 17 in two ODIs as well as 1 and 11 in two T20Is apart from 11 and 20 in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston.

He was then rested for the white-ball tour of West Indies and Zimbabwe. Kohli has been in a prolonged lean patch, having not scored a century in international cricket since November 2019.

"What happened in England was a pattern, so something that I could work on and something that I had to kind of overcome. Right now, as you rightly mentioned, there is nothing that you can point out saying that the problem is happening here."

"So, that for me, is actually an easier thing to process because I know that I'm batting well and at times, when I start feeling that rhythm back, then I know that I'm batting well."

"So, that for me is not an issue, which wasn't the case in England; I didn't feel like I was batting well at all. So, I had to work hard on one thing that could be exposed again and again which I overcame; right now, this is not the case," said Kohli on a TV show.

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If Kohli features in India's playing eleven for the Asia Cup opener against Pakistan on August 28, dubbed as the 'greatest rivalry' in cricketing world, it will also mark his 100th T20I appearance.