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Indian cricket team’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli is not ready to learn from his mistakes. He is consistently proving to be a failure in batting by getting out in every match. In the second innings of the Sydney Test as well, Kohli lost his wicket by touching the ball going out. Many former cricketers have repeatedly explained to him that he cannot play his wicket by missing a shot as Team India expects a big innings from him but these players are not ready to accept.
The Test series being played between India and Australia will be remembered by one of the players because of their repeated mistakes. No one expected this from an experienced batsman like Virat Kohli. In the last few series, he has been returning by giving his catch in the slip while trying to play a shot on the ball going out. When he was dismissed in the same manner in the first innings of the Sydney Test match, he was advised to avoid it in the second innings but he did not improve his batting.
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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 3, 2025
How many times will Virat be out like this?
When Virat Kohli was criticized for not scoring runs in the Test series against Bangladesh, everyone thought that he would improve on his mistakes. In the home series against New Zealand, the condition of this giant was also seen as pathetic and even after coming to Australia, he was seen getting out again and again in the same way. The extent is that even on TV former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan and former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar openly asked him to please let the ball go out. Likewise, don’t go out and make fun of yourself. Even after this, Virat Kohli did not improve and in both the innings of the Sydney Test he hit the outbound ball and returned with a wicket in Australia’s lap.
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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 3, 2025
No improvement in last 20 innings
If we look at Virat Kohli’s last 20 Test innings, he has scored a century and scored 70 runs in one match. Apart from this, he has earned a return ticket by donating his wicket by repeatedly hitting the ball with his bat. Every bowler is aware of this weakness of his and yet instead of calling it right, Virat Kohli is repeatedly getting out while playing shots on the fifth or sixth stump of the ball. After his century in the Perth Test, he has scored 7, 11, 3, 36, 5, 17 and 6 runs.