Indore Test: Virat Kohli has made a strong comeback in T20 and ODI cricket but he has so far failed to find his rhythm in Test cricket. He could score only 22 runs even in the Indore Test between India and Australia. He has been running out of form for the last 3 years in red ball cricket. From the year 2020 till now, Virat Kohli has played 23 Test matches but he has been able to add only 1015 runs.
In the last 38 months, Virat Kohli played 40 innings of these 23 Test matches. He remained unbeaten twice in these. In these 40 innings, he could only score runs at a batting average of 26.71. He could not score a single century in these 40 innings. During this, he could hardly put only 6 fifty.
Bat did not work even in Indore Test
After flopping in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023, Virat Kohli looked colorless even in the third Test being played in Indore. He returned to the pavilion after scoring just 22 runs. He was lbw by Australian spinner Todd Murphy. By the way, in this match Virat Kohli looked much better than other Indian batsmen. He scored the most runs among the 7 top order batsmen.
Actually, Indore’s pitch has also been made completely spin friendly like Nagpur and Delhi. The spinners are getting a lot of help from the first session here. The result was that in the first session of the first day itself, the Australian spinners sent the top-7 batsmen of the Indian team to the pavilion. In the first session of the Indore Test, Team India lost its 7 wickets for 84 runs. At present, the Indian team is seen in trouble in this test.
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