This isn’t any extra a secret that Virat Kohli is struggling in Test cricket. He fell for simply 13 within the second innings vs Australia within the third Test to finish a complete of 35 runs in whole within the match at Holkar stadium in Indore. This will not be the Kohli that lots of his followers know. Series after collection, match after match, Kohli has struggled within the final three years. Not to overlook, he has not scored a single Test ton in additional than 3 years now. His final Test hundred got here in opposition to Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in November 2019. This unhealthy runs must be introspected as Kohli has been caught at 27 Test tons whereas his contemporaries Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson have performed a lot, significantly better.
Root has scored 12 Test hundred since 2021. Williamson has scored two whereas Smith has scored 4 extra. Kohli has none.
Kohli has had a tough time batting in even the house situations. In 10 matches and 15 innings since 2021, he has scored simply 387 runs with 2 simply fifties at a poor common of 25.80. His strike has been 48.80.Â
When Tendulkar went by way of a tough part of his batting within the 2005-06 part, the Indian cricket media requested some questions of him. He was booed on the Wankhede in 2006 as properly.
When will they ask some powerful questions on Virat Kohli’s hunch in Test cricket?#IndvsAus
— Vijay Arumugam (@vijayarumugam) March 2, 2023
Virat Kohli Last 14 inngs in take a look at cricket
29
45
23
13
11
20
1
19*
24
1
12
44
20
20
Not even a 50 in 14 innings and nonetheless within the workforce,if Kl Rahul sitting out why not Kohli
— Siddharth Sidd Dash (@Debasis03937573) March 2, 2023
The 34-yr-outdated was struggling final yr in white-ball cricket as properly however ended the drought of runs with a smashing ton vs Afghanistan on the Asia Cup 2023. He then completed because the main run-scorer (296 runs) in T20 World Cup the identical yr. But in Test cricket, Kohli continues to battle.
His final 9 innings taking part in in Bangladesh and India, learn as following: 1, 19*, 23, 1, 12, 44, 20, 22, 13. In these innings, most of his dismissals have been in opposition to spin. But it is usually true that in tempo-pleasant situations in England, South Africa, Kohli has not produced any masterclass both. The workforce administration continues to again the out-of-kind India star however for the way lengthy?Â
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