Former India captain Virat Kohli failed to perform in the second Test match against New Zealand at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Kohli was dismissed when India were in a spot of bother. The star batter lost his patience and was clean bowled on a low full-toss delivery by Mitchell Santner. Virat Kohli's dismissal came to light, Kohli has been continuously troubled by bowlers of the same skill for the last four years.
How was Kohli clean bowled?
Left-arm bowler Mitchell Santner came to bowl in the 24th over of the innings on the spin-friendly pitch of the Pune Test match. India had lost two wickets on 50 runs. From here, Team India needed a strong partnership. But in the 24th over of the innings, in the greed of hitting a big shot on the fourth easy delivery of Santner, Virat Kohli completely missed the ball. Due to this he was clean bowled on one run only. In such a situation, when Kohli again became the victim of a left-arm spinner, very interesting stats have come to light.
Virat Kohli's flop show against spinners since 2021
If we look at Virat Kohli's Test cricket career, from the year 2012 to the year 2020, Kohli scored 619 runs in 36 innings against left-arm spinners and was out only five times. While his average during this period was 123.80. But since the year 2021, this strength of Kohli has turned out to be his weakness.
Virat Kohli's bad condition
Virat Kohli has been out nine times in 21 Test innings against left-arm spinners since the year 2021 till now. While he has been able to score only 259 runs at an average of 28.78. While talking about the statistics against spinners, Kohli has been out 19 times in 22 Test innings since the year 2021 till now and has scored 573 runs at an average of 30.20.
