"Virat understands he has a hot head and also understands he needs to look at that. He is young enough to accept these issues and I think he needs time to rectify those issues. He is not a stupid cricketer. He is a smart guy and has ambition to captain India," Jennings said.
"If he makes the same mistakes consistently you are going to find out that the system is not going to buy into his style of behaviour or character. I think if the Indian cricket is smart it needs need to get a group of people around Virat and mentor him for a period of time.
Kohli has been batting impressively over the past couple of years, prompting speculations that he would take over the mantle from Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the future.
"As a leader you will find people around Virat benefiting from his fighting spirit. Six years ago India never had that fighting spirit. Then there was one or two tours where Rahul Dravid, Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar got together and tried to show the world the fighting spirit.