Virat Kohli: The second Test match is being played between India and Australia. In this match, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first which proved to be wrong. India scored 180 runs in the first innings. After this, the Australian team scored 337 runs in the first innings and got a huge lead of 157 runs. In the second innings too, the poor performance of the Indian batsmen continued and Team India lost five wickets for 128 runs. Superstar batsmen like Virat Kohli have been flops.
Only 18 runs were scored in the pink ball Test
Virat Kohli could not show anything special in the pink ball test match against Australia and proved to be a miserable flop. He scored 7 runs in the first innings and 11 runs in the second innings. With this, a total of 18 runs were scored in the match. This has happened for the first time in the last 12 years. While Kohli has scored less than 20 runs in the Test match played in Australia. He played his first Test match on Australian soil in 2011 against Australia. Then he could score only 11 runs in the Test match.
Has played many matches against Australia
Virat Kohli has played a total of 15 Test matches on Australian soil so far, in which he has scored 1475 runs. During this period, he has scored 7 centuries with his bat and 169 runs is his highest score. This has happened only twice in 15 Test matches with Kohli. When he has scored less than 20 runs in a match. It also includes the current pink ball test match.
Scored 30 centuries for India
Whenever Virat Kohli swings his bat, Team India’s victory is assured. In the last Test match, he scored a century against Australia and played an important role in India’s victory. Kohli is the only batsman to have played more than 100 matches for India in all three formats. Apart from this, he has scored a total of 9163 runs in 120 Test matches for Team India so far, in which he has scored 30 centuries.
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