Virat Kohli and the lack of a hundred

[ind_win]

Hope he overcomes this...

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HIGHLIGHTS:

- Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring just 2 at the Basin Reserve on Friday
- New Zealand debutant Kyle Jamieson got the prized scalp of Kohli to push back India
- Kohli has now gone 19 international innings without scoring a hundred


Indian captain Virat Kohli was dismissed cheaply for just 2 in Wellington on Friday by debutant Kyle Jamieson extending a rare lull in the batsman's stellar career. Throughout the ongoing New Zealand tour, Kohli has managed to score just a single fifty across 8 innings in all 3 international formats.

Since hitting 136 vs Bangladesh in November 2019, Kohli has now failed to touch the 3-figure mark in 19 international innings on the trot, capping his worst run of form since the horrid 2014 tour to England. While judging a batsman's form on the basis of the frequency of hundreds might sound too unfair, in Kohli's case such low phases have been symptomatic of a wretched run with the bat.

In his more than 11-years-old international career, there have been only 2 other phases where Kohli has failed to score a hundred in more than 19 innings. The 1st bad phase of Kohli's career spanned from February to September 2011 when he failed to hit a hundred in 24 consecutive innings. During this period, Kohli's overall batting average dipped sharply from 48 before the 2011 World Cup to 39 in a space of 7 months.

Just about 3 years later, Kohli endured the worst period with the bat in international cricket when he failed to touch triple-figures for 25 successive innings from February to October 2014. This included the horror England tour where he could score only 134 runs in 5 Tests as he kept getting lured outside the off-stump by James Anderson and Co. ultimately gifting his wicket.

Kohli's current hundred-drought is now the 3rd worst of his career and the 2nd since that England tour. Till the end of India's last Test series vs Bangladesh, Kohli was hitting an international hundred almost every 6th innings.

Another stat that proves Kohli's poor run is the number of fifties hit during these 3 phases. While Kohli has managed just 6 fifties in the last 19 innings, he had hit the same number of half-centuries during the 2014 phase and just 4 in 2011.

But what would worry Kohli more than not scoring a hundred is the fact that his dismissal on Friday was quite reminiscent of his mode of dismissals during the 2014 England tour. Balls pitching on a good length just outside the off-stump, straightening a wee bit but enough to lure Kohli into a drive as he edges it to the slips cordon had become a common sight against the Dukes in England.

Kohli, being Kohli, made s grand statement when he visited England in 2018 smashing 593 runs removing all doubts about a crack in his batting technique. After his latest dismissal, the Indian captain would be vary of not falling into the same trap for the rest of his stay in New Zealand.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...-jamieson-debut-no-hundred-1648533-2020-02-21

 

[The lone Ranger]

Nothing to worry about as It has just been two innings since he last scored a test century.

 

[leg-side-flick]

Yup not been his usual tour so far.... For some reason he seems to struggle in NZ and England.

 

[Mobashir]

Poor thread, that was his first test since. Played a lot of T20's in between.

 

[Justcrazy]

He will remain in peak for next 3 years

 

[Gullycricket]

Has Virat Kohli's purple patch ended?

Non-stop cricket along with burden of captaincy in 3 formats seems to have taken a toll on him. I dont think he will recover and may become a burden soon like Dhoni. With excellent players coming up for India, he may be in trouble soon. I know its a bit early to jump the gun but he seems to be struggling. He may score runs here and there against weaker teams in India but that aura seems to have faded.

Lets see if he can comeback.Given his attitude he may go into a downward spiral from here.

 

[IAJ]

Another flop innings by him. Maybe just a dip in form?

 

[big_gamer007]

Everyone goes through a slump, Kohli is going through one right now as per his standards it's a slump.

 

[Dead Ball]

Everyone goes through a slump, Kohli is going through one right now as per his standards it's a slump.

It's a slump by anyone's standard. Bumrah has been garbage too.

Kohli and Bumrah's poor form has already cost us the ODI series and it looks like it will cost us the test series too.

 

[big_gamer007]

It's a slump by anyone's standard. Bumrah has been garbage too.

Kohli and Bumrah's poor form has already cost us the ODI series and it looks like it will cost us the test series too.

Bumrah is coming back from injury so was expected. What made bumrah a beast was his hard work, he practiced for hours daily in nets trying to perfect his delivery. After such a long injury when he couldn't practice it was bound to happen.

Give him time, as long as he doesn't get injured again he will regain his form due to sheer hard work/practice.

Kohli is what 31 now? He is other side of 30, needs to tweak his game a little bit to be at the top. With age your reflexes start slowing a bit, Kohli is still the fittest guy but probably needs a tweak here and there to cover up slowing reflexes.

 

[Kashmirilion]

Can hardly call 6/7 years a purple patch. Might be just suffering from fatigue burn out. Too early to call just yet.

 

[Ahmed216]

Same was said for tendulkar around 2006. If kohli's still hungry he definitely has good 4-5 prolific years left

 

[Ab Fan]

He will be back. Kane Williamson and Joe Root have seen bigger failures than him in test cricket.

 

[shah_1]

He is one of the greatest player ever, too young to have a decline.

 

[Thomaskutty]

He has had a disappointing year. Sad to see him like this.

 

[Shams123]

Nope. Probably will make a grand comeback in next test match.Kohli thrives in this sort of situation.

 

[Fahdi]

Too early to say but it could happen. He had an amazing run and going into 5-6 month slump wouldn't be out of the ordinary. Personally though, I feel he will have a great performance in the next 2 matches.

 

[Mobashir]

Don't think he is any slump for the moment.
These kind of conditions were never his best suit. Score a double hundred vs SA and a hundred vs Bangladesh at home in his last 2 test series.

And in any case, falling in a test match happens to everyone.

 

[Asher]

Don't think he is any slump for the moment.
These kind of conditions were never his best suit. Score a double hundred vs SA and a hundred vs Bangladesh at home in his last 2 test series.

And in any case, falling in a test match happens to everyone.

This.
We need to give the guy a break. He's the best player in the world currently.Even if he fails for the rest of the summer.. he'll still be my captain.

 

[Mobashir]

This.
We need to give the guy a break. He's the best player in the world currently.Even if he fails for the rest of the summer.. he'll still be my captain.

I personally don't think he is the best player in the world.
I will rate him third behind Smith and Stokes.

 

[Aman]

Lack of focus and burn out I think.

Kane had the same issue post WC.

Some time away from the game would do him some good to find the hunger for runs and drive for success again.

 

[dhump]

Slump what slump yes no hundreds but what is his average in last 20 innings ?

How many T20s he played ? in last 20 ?

Yes he didn't scored this test which is nothing that of a problem.

 

[Abdullah719]

Slump what slump yes no hundreds but what is his average in last 20 innings ?

How many T20s he played ? in last 20 ?

Yes he didn't scored this test which is nothing that of a problem.

 

[hitthestump]

Overrated. His weakness outside the off stump has been exposed and he continues to fish there as if he can hit every ball for 4 at will. Needs to eat a large serving of humble pie before any technical changes. After the away test series win against Australia B it went to his head.

 

[Mercurial]

It is high time for him to relinquish the captaincy.

 

[Sam99]

He is best of this generation. People need to stay clam. Shows why is so great just one failure in test match and people are posting all stats. He has won more matches than smith + kane + root alone imo.

 

[dhump]

Thank you.

Overall average of 41 and in T20s avg of 57 with SR of 163 is what most of the players in the world will achieve during their golden era. One test failure will come back stronger.

It only shows what kind of beast he is that this is considered bad for him.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Overrated. His weakness outside the off stump has been exposed and he continues to fish there as if he can hit every ball for 4 at will. Needs to eat a large serving of humble pie before any technical changes. After the away test series win against Australia B it went to his head.

Kohli's avg in SENA countries read

Aus 55
SA. 55
NZ. 47
Eng 36

Except Tendulkar and Gavaskar no asian batsman can match Kohli in tests outside Asia.

I will not even go into ODIs where he wipes the floor with everyone whose name isnt Tendulkar or Viv Richards.

Overrated. Lol. I can name quiet a few batsman who are overrated on PP Batsmen who haven't even scored 2000 tests runs but are hyped up as benchmark of batting.

 

[Baigel]

Not too bad, considering the fact that I've played cricket for 5 years and haven't crossed 81 yet

 

[cricket.mad]

He is done on fast,bouncey and swinging conditions bcz of reflexes..he will continue to perform on roads,though

 

[cricket.mad]

He couldn't win a single odi for us in nz or a test in alien conditions like nz ...then what's so great of him ,when he doesnt step up..if he doesnt win us the second test I will not consider him special anymore ..

 

[Danyaalr01]

Kohli's avg in SENA countries read

Aus 55
SA. 55
NZ. 47
Eng 36

Except Tendulkar and Gavaskar no asian batsman can match Kohli in tests outside Asia.

I will not even go into ODIs where he wipes the floor with everyone whose name isnt Tendulkar or Viv Richards.

Overrated. Lol. I can name quiet a few batsman who are overrated on PP Batsmen who haven't even scored 2000 tests runs but are hyped up as benchmark of batting.

So his weakness is swing and seam.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

So his weakness is swing and seam.

Swing mostly, he did well in SA.

 

[Raja111]

So his weakness is swing and seam.

Swing only and that's everyone's problem not only kohli.
He has done pretty well on his last tour in England swinging conditions.

He has failed only once in his career so far in swinging conditions that is the English tour in 2014. That's mainly because of his ego that he kept poking at the outside off delivery most of the time!.

he did well in NZ last time but now failed in this test not because of his inability to play swing, but played two pathetic shots unnecessarily in both the innings. Those were not wicket taking delivery and could have left alone.

 

[Hasan123]

I didn't even realise he had gone this long without a century.

 

[kingusama92]

I mean OP is making it look worse than it is.

Within those 20 innings

94* vs WI (T20)
89 vs AUS (ODI)
85 vs WI (ODI)
78 vs WI (ODI)
70* vs WI (T20)
51 vs NZ (ODI)

It's only a "slump" because of his ridiculously high standards for converting 50s into 100s.

 

[MP2011]

https://www.rediff.com/cricket/repo...ing-kohli-india-new-zealand-tour/20200224.htm

Never heard Kohli saying this,

"I am absolutely fine. I am batting really well. I feel that sometimes scores don't reflect the way you are batting and that's what can happen when you don't execute what you want to well,"

 

[cricketjoshila]

So his weakness is swing and seam.

The ball doesnt swing or seam in NZand SA?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Swing mostly, he did well in SA.

He scored nearly 600 runs in England in 2018.

 

[IAJ]

He scored nearly 600 runs in England in 2018.

Was it in May or July/August. I remember the summer in 2018 was unusually hot in Northern Europe so the wickets could be really flat in and generally no batsman is better than indian batsmen on flat tracks. That’s a compliment.

But if he made those 600 runs in late spring/early summer that is extremely good on fresh wickets.

 

[Danyaalr01]

The ball doesnt swing or seam in NZand SA?

When did I say that?

Even though the pitches are greener and the air is more humid in NZ, England use the dukes ball so the ball swings and seams there more.

Also is depends when you visit NZ. This time of the year pitches dry up quicker and the air is dryer. Around October-December the pitches are way greener and stay green longer. The air is more moist too.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Was it in May or July/August. I remember the summer in 2018 was unusually hot in Northern Europe so the wickets could be really flat in and generally no batsman is better than indian batsmen on flat tracks. That’s a compliment.

But if he made those 600 runs in late spring/early summer that is extremely good on fresh wickets.

I'm pretty sure it was mid-late summer as it happened after Pakistan's tour of England.

 

[MenInG]

Virat Kohli is not unduly perturbed by his relatively low run of scores on the tour of New Zealand as the premier batsman feels analysing too much can unnecessarily clutter his mind. New Zealand has been one rare overseas tour in recent times when Kohli could not live up to his high standards, scoring only one half-century so far in nine innings across three formats. His sequence of scores read 45, 11, 38, 11 (T20s); 51, 15, 9 (ODIs) and 2 and 19 (1st Test).

So how does he assess his own batting performance?

"I am absolutely fine. I am batting really well. I feel that sometimes scores don't reflect the way you are batting and that's what can happen when you don't execute what you want to well," Kohli told mediapersons after India lost the first Test by 10 wickets.

For one of the world's busiest international cricketers, a lull of 3-4 innings shouldn't be a cause of concern.

"Look when you play so much cricket and you play for so long, obviously you will have 3-4 innings that don't go your way. If you try and make too much out of it, it'll keep piling on," the skipper has his priorities clear.

He doesn't pay too much attention to how people react to a defeat, and Kohli follows the same philosophy when they talk about his batting.

"I think it's about staying in a good space and I know the chat on the outside changes with one innings. But I don't think like that. If I thought like people on the outside, I would probably be on the outside right now," Kohli said with a hint of sarcasm.

According to him, making an honest effort every time one goes out in the middle should be the priority.

"I think it's all about doing the basics right and putting the hard work in practice. You can't really walk in thinking that I have to do it every time. You want to do it. But if it doesn't come off, then you don't have to beat yourself up too much."

At the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, Kohli will be happy to even score a 40 if that helps the team win the Test match. A century in a lost cause is irrelevant as far as he is concerned.

"I am looking forward to contributing in a win in the next Test. It doesn't matter what I do. It's never been about my performance on tour or about how many runs I score.

"It's all about if the team wins, even a 40 is good. If the team loses, then even a 100 is irrelevant for me, and I'm going to stay in that mindset," he stated.

https://sports.ndtv.com/new-zealand...-down-poor-run-of-form-in-new-zealand-2184660

 

[happydavy]

Not too worried about his personal form, it's the delusional attitude of him and coach thinking that they are no:1 is the issue.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tough tour of New Zealand for Virat Kohli. He scored 2, 19, 3 and 14 in the two Tests and in 11 innings across the formats has scored only 218 runs at an average of 19.82 with just one half-century <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvsIND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvsIND</a> <a href="https://t.co/JOtcp8ZC0K">pic.twitter.com/JOtcp8ZC0K</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1234074156301475840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[happydavy]

Twice in 2 innings, Kohli got out lbw to an inswinging delivery, which makes it quite clear that he has a weakness there. Ben stokes also got him out in a similar fashion when India needed some 50 runs to win the first test in England.

 

[Geil]

Virat kohli can only be compared by his past self because of the way he scores runs across all three formats and yes according to his standards looks like a slight downfall in his form

it would be very interesting to see when will this downfall end and Kohli starts performing around his past self standard

 

[Abdullah719]

"Shocked By All This Talk": Former Pakistan Captain Comes To Virat Kohli's Defence

Virat Kohli had a torrid time in the just-concluded Test series in New Zealand. The Indian team, ranked number one in the world and the current table-toppers in the World Test Championship, faced the ignominy of being completely outplayed and outclassed by a rampant New Zealand side, who made most of their home conditions. The Indian captain, the No.2-ranked batsman in Tests, had an unusually lean series with the bat, managing scores of 2, 19, 3 and 14 at an average of 9.50. After his poor showing with the bat, Virat Kohli found support from an unlikely source -- former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq.

"In India, there has been a lot of talk about Virat Kohli because he hasn't done too well in his last 11-12 innings. Some people are talking about his technique. I am shocked by all this talk. One person has scored 70 centuries in international cricket and despite that people are questioning his technique," Inzamam said on YouTube channel 'The Match Winner'.

"I am saying as a cricketer, that every player has a series, has a year where even if he is doing everything right, things don't go his way. He can't score every day, in every match or every series or every year. What bowlers are playing just to be hit by Kohli? This doesn't happen with any player.

"My advice to Kohli is that there is no need to be worried. This happens to everyone. There is no business in the world that only sees profits, there are losses as well. He doesn't need to change his technique," said the former Pakistan skipper.

On Monday, New Zealand won the second Test inside three days to sweep the series the two-match Test series. Virat Kohli admitted that his team had been outplayed and did not show enough positivity in the series.

"We were completely outplayed in this series, and obviously did not play the kind of cricket that we do play as a team," Kohli said.

"We were not positive enough, we were not brave enough."

New Zealand are now unbeaten in their last 13 home Tests, winning nine of them, and in the past decade their record as hosts is played 39, won 20, drawn 13 and lost five.

India started the day at 90 for six and were all out for 124, before New Zealand chased down the required 132 to win for the loss of three wickets in 36 overs.

https://sports.ndtv.com/new-zealand...captain-comes-to-virat-kohlis-defence-2188640

 

[Justcrazy]

The issue is that expectations from Kohli is too much , there are bound to be lean patches , you cannot expect him to be superman across all formats forever. All great players go through lean patches.

 

[kingusama92]

Forgettable series for Kohli.

I don't think it was a technical issue.

It's just one of those series where you don't have it and the opposing bowlers are in top form.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

He is fine ATM, however he will decline at some point

 

[Ab Fan]

Virat is still a high quality batsmen, one of the all time great LO batsmen and an excellent test batsmen (certainly better than Root and Kane).

Overall taking formats, he is the best of the Fab four because he is ahead of Smith by a huge margin in LOs(42 vs 59). In tests, Smith is well ahead of Kohli and if things don't go very bad in future, Smith is right up on his way to surpass the Pontings, Chappells and Borders to become 2nd second Australian test batsmen of all-time. It's not just about his runs but the effectiveness is what makes Smith such a great legend of the game as far as test cricket is concerned.

 

[Mujtaba2900]

Twice in 2 innings, Kohli got out lbw to an inswinging delivery, which makes it quite clear that he has a weakness there. Ben stokes also got him out in a similar fashion when India needed some 50 runs to win the first test in England.

Nah That a really good delivery for every batsman roots got out multiple time in the same fashion watch ashes 2019
Same delivery often goes through babar defense and crashes into the stumps I can point out at least 3 times when babar bowled out on that delivery
Its just a good delivery period

 

[MenInG]

Former India opener Virender Sehwag backed India skipper Virat Kohli to emerge from the “temporary hard phase”, which the latter encountered on the tour of New Zealand. India had begun well by winning the T20 series but fared poorly to lose the one-day series and both the Test matches.

Even as former all-rounder Kapil Dev observed that Kohli may have suffered due to slowing down of reflexes, Sehwag insisted it was “lack of form.”

All these days, when Kohli was shining in all formats and conditions, there was little for his critics to exploit but his form in New Zealand – a solitary half-century in 11 innings – has not led to India’s batting decline but also brought him under scrutiny. “When you are out of form, nothing works for you. It is not that Virat is not making efforts but luck has deserted him,” Sehwag told Sportstar.

Last week, Kapil and batting great Mohinder Amarnath had backed Kohli to come good. “It’s a matter of one innings,” both had said. “He is too good a player to continue to fail,” Kapil had opined. “I don’t see any technical shortcomings in Virat. He knows how to adjust,” Amarnath had remarked.

As far as Sehwag was concerned, “Virat certainly doesn’t have hand-eye coordination issues. Your hand-eye issue deteriorates over a period of time. Not overnight. I am sure it is just lack of form. Also, he has got out to good deliveries.”

In England, Sehwag emphasised, Kohli had failed in 2014 because he was not able to cope with swing. “Here (in New Zealand) the ball has seamed a lot and if you are not getting runs then the challenge multiplies. Of course, you can adapt, playing more on the front foot, by leaving the ball. For me, it is important to know which ball to leave and you can do that when you are feeling confident. The pressure also may have got to Virat.”

Reflecting on his experience with “bad” patch, Sehwag said: “Every player has to go through this phase. Sachin (Tendulkar), (Brian) Lara, (Steve) Smith have all experienced poor form. I faced and came out of it without compromising with my natural game. When countering difficult times, you have to be patient and back your instincts. I am sure Kohli will find his way back. He is too good to allow this bad patch to continue."



https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...g-kapil-dev-amarnath/article30974313.ece/amp/

 

[MenInG]

Kapil Dev feels slowing down of reflexes could be the reason behind Virat Kohli’s struggles in New Zealand and the Indian skipper needs to “practise more” to overcome the age factor.

The 31-year-old Kohli managed just 38 runs in the two Tests at an average of 9.50 in New Zealand. In the preceding limited overs series, he managed to score 180 runs including a half century, making it a forgettable tour for the India skipper.

“With every big batsman there comes a phase. This is the age, after turning 30 everyone says there is a dip in the eyesight and that takes six months to a year to get used to it,” Dev told ABP news.

“I think he (Kohli) needs to adjust his eyesight a bit. When big players start getting bowled or LBW to incoming deliveries then you have to tell them to practice more,” he added.

The World Cup winning Indian captain said that several batsmen like Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and cricket legend Vivian Richards have have faced similar difficulties.

“It shows that your eyes and your reflexes have slowed down a bit and in no time your strengths turn into your weaknesses. From 18-24, your eyesight is at the optimum level but after that, it depends on how you work on it.”

“Sehwag, Dravid, Viv Richards all faced similar difficulties in their career. So Kohli needs to practise more.”

Dev feels Kohli needs to tighten his technique and practice more and said playing in the IPL will help the 31-year-old to adjust to the development.

“When your eyesight weakens then you have to work on your technique. The same ball which he used to pounce on so quickly, he’s getting late on it now.

“The IPL will help him as the more he plays the better understanding and idea he’ll get on how to deal with it.”

After a bright start to the tour of New Zealand where India defeated the host 5-0 in the T20 series, the visitor struggled to find its footing in the ODI and Test series, losing to the Kane Williamson-led side 0-3 and 0-2, respectively.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...est-series-kapil-dev/article30972276.ece/amp/

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Kholi will make it back.. his amazing runs have just got everyone used to seeing him there with big numbers... its just a dip (which is actually purple patch for some batsmen)

i dont think anyother batsmen comes close to him apart from Smith (above him in tests) and Williamson and Babar (both are below him at the min) .... the rest of the batting lineup will struggle big time if Kholi doesnt make runs outside india... else "let them come home" is there lol

 

[silentkiller187]

Kohli is a class player, the saying goes form is temporary class is permanent. Just like when messi or ronaldo don't score a goal for a few games, the expectations they have set are so high, that people will expect you to deliver everytime, kohli is human, going through a slump but will bounce back eventually.

 

[AdamM97]

Just a bad phase. He’ll be back to top form in no time.

 

[King_Kohli]

His last century came in 22 November 2019.
Its been 2 Years 3months without a Century.

No 100 in last 10 test innings.
No 100 in last 12 ODI's.

Kohli is going through worst phase in his career, also loosing ICC rankings.

 

[globalcitizen]

Cricket is not only about scoring 100s but playing impactful innings at right time . It’s fair to say he has not converted the starts and 50s but idiotic to say he has lost form and going through worst phase

 

[OMB]

Cricket is not only about scoring 100s but playing impactful innings at right time . It’s fair to say he has not converted the starts and 50s but idiotic to say he has lost form and going through worst phase

Not idiotic actually. In his glittering career, this is certainly worst phase. That lack of centuries is an aberration. We know his mental strengths, he will bounce back from this lean phase within this series itself.

 

[Mamoon]

Kohli is going through the same phase that Tendulkar did in 2005-2007, and everyone though it was going to be his end in international cricket before he found an extra gear to have one final great peak from 2007-2011.

Kohli’s 2019-2021 has been similar, and he will also find that extra bit of motivation to have another glorious peak over the next 4-5 years before retiring. It is only a matter of time before he hits another purple patch.

 

[pillionrider]

Virat will score a minimum of 300 runs in the remaining 5 innings.

If he is required to bat that many, that is

62 in the 2nd innings. 238 to go in 4 innings. Easy peasy

He will reverse his supposed dip in this series itself.

 

[Mean&Green]

His last century came in 22 November 2019.
Its been 2 Years 3months without a Century.

No 100 in last 10 test innings.
No 100 in last 12 ODI's.

Kohli is going through worst phase in his career, also loosing ICC rankings.

It’s not that he’s going through this phase cause he’s lost form or anything he’s a player that can score a hundred at will it’s just he’s lost interest in cricket from a while now which you can easily tell as he doesn’t even get annoyed anymore when he gets out. The 72 in the last match was so smooth that only a player of his quality could make it look so easy like he didn’t even try at all which he actually didn’t and still scored 72 which is quite a lot of runs to be fair but his standards are so high that those 72 runs looked like 22 incredible player simply incredible.

 

[Pakhs]

Its a bit of a dip by his standards only which can happen

 

[UzmanBeast]

Kohli is going through the same phase that Tendulkar did in 2005-2007, and everyone though it was going to be his end in international cricket before he found an extra gear to have one final great peak from 2007-2011.

Kohli’s 2019-2021 has been similar, and he will also find that extra bit of motivation to have another glorious peak over the next 4-5 years before retiring. It is only a matter of time before he hits another purple patch.

Agreed, he has an opportunity to do so at home, but the pitches are very condusive to spin, so it will be difficult.

However, I think he'll get a hundred in the ODI series against England, pitches won't be that difficult to bat on.

 

[bala977]

The King will be back

Good that the team is largely doing ok, so there is less pressure on him - it is only a matter of time before the next purple patch begins.

 

[Firebat]

This guy's slump is most batsman's golden run. He'll be back, he's too good and big to fail

 

[BaankeJi]

I bet he is still averaging around 50 since he scored his last 100?

 

[Hasan123]

He played well in the 2nd innings and it was on a difficult wicket. Seems as though Kohli is one of those players who need consistent game time to maintain form. The break from cricket last year affected his IPL form. He was batting well in that 1st test against Australia before being run out. He looked better in the 2nd innings. Now he will have a run of cricket, so I expect him to get back to form.

 

[Zaz]

The end is nigh for him He best start planning on his next innings away from cricket

 

[Mesozoic]

Everytime I think he's done, he scores in the next innings. His 60 odd in the second innings was batting against spin of the highest order. Absolutely flawless....

He's just one hundred away from getting closer to his 2016-18 best.

 

[jnaveen1980]

The good thing about Kohli is he makes instant changes to his game to overcome a particular issue like he did in the 2nd innings against Moeen Ali by standing on the off-stump. Root was written off by many. I knew he would come back. Same way all champion batsmen will come back.

 

[King_Kohli]

His last century came in 22 November 2019.
Its been 2 Years 3months without a Century.

No 100 in last 10 test innings.
No 100 in last 12 ODI's.

Kohli is going through worst phase in his career, also loosing ICC rankings.

Its my bad, 15 months.

 

[raashidkhan89079]

The good thing about Kohli is he makes instant changes to his game to overcome a particular issue like he did in the 2nd innings against Moeen Ali by standing on the off-stump. Root was written off by many. I knew he would come back. Same way all champion batsmen will come back.

Root is 30 virat is 32 this year he will be 33 there is a difference also root plays less LOI and focuses only on test cricket more on the otherside virat plays too much ipl as well as their calender is also jam packed everyyear so in my opinion he will score some more 12 13 centuries more but if he stops playing usesless t20's and also plays 2nd half ipl every year then he can acheive target of 100 centuries,the biggest problem for him is also the back injury which he is carrying from.his teen years that thing is also not helping so in my opinion if he continued this everymatch thing then by 34 35 he will retire like johnson with same reason too (injury)

 

[dravidthewall]

King will be back and play a major part to win worldcup 2023 for india

 

[OMB]

Root is 30 virat is 32 this year he will be 33 there is a difference also root plays less LOI and focuses only on test cricket more on the otherside virat plays too much ipl as well as their calender is also jam packed everyyear so in my opinion he will score some more 12 13 centuries more but if he stops playing usesless t20's and also plays 2nd half ipl every year then he can acheive target of 100 centuries,the biggest problem for him is also the back injury which he is carrying from.his teen years that thing is also not helping so in my opinion if he continued this everymatch thing then by 34 35 he will retire like johnson with same reason too (injury)

Nahi bhai, he has modified his diet and fitness standards and is keeping himself in great shape. I think he can play for 5 more years easily. I feel he should hand over captaincy both for his health and for sake of succession planning.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Virat has scored a half century in each of his last 3 tests. His 70 in the 2nd innings of the last Chennai test is no less than a century given how the pitch was turning square. If he wasn't runout in Adelaide he had a good chance of scoring a century. I wouldn't be too worried of him not scoring a century in the past few innings. The point is he has scored centuries at such ridiculously regular intervals that it seems like he is out of form even though he is scoring 70s regularly.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

The end is nigh for him He best start planning on his next innings away from cricket

Sounds more like your wish then any actual fact based reality.

 

[King_Kohli]

And still continuing....Extremely disappointed.