Virat Kohli probably the best all-format batsman of his generation is right now struggling with his bat, know the time which has passed since his last century
The batsman who used to score centuries for fun is right now craving for a half-century. Everyone has only one question in their minds Why is Virat Kohli struggling with his Form? Let’s find out.
Virat Kohli Time Since Last Century And Why Is He Not Playing Well Now
Virat Kohli has gone 71 innings in international cricket without scoring a hundred since his 136 in Kolkata against Bangladesh in November 2019.
He scored his last international century on 22nd November 2019, his last test century on 22nd November 2019 at Eden Gardens against Bangladesh and the last ODI century on 14th August 2019 at Queen’s Park Oval against West Indies.
The Urge to poke anything outside off stump
It’s very evident that Virat is getting out in the same area again and again and in the same fashion. But every batsman has a certain release shot and the shot which they love to play and so does Kohli. Virat is an orthodox player who mainly relies on orthodox shots so if he avoids playing cover drive he would be having very fewer options to counter anything outside off-stump. In T20 cricket what he can do is try to play more and more deliveries before countering the bowlers on the offside.
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Playing Aggressively early in the innings
The Virat in his prime was never an aggressive starter of the innings but Virat now always tries to dominate the bowlers early in the innings. Virat used to give himself time before dominating bowlers when he was at the peak of his powers. Virat Kohli has 8 ducks in IPL.
Struggle against Leg spinners
Virat Kohli has struggled against leg spinners as he has for out against them as he has been dismissed 17 times out of 215 against leg spinners in ODI’s. He has the second-highest dot ball percentage against Leg spinners 28.74 %. Kohli has been dismissed by Zampa 6 times.
Not Converting starts into big innings
Kohli no doubt has a great conversion rate overall in his career but in past few years, he has been struggling. Kohli still has a conversion rate of 54.03 but in past few years, he has failed to convert the starts. He has 21 half-centuries since 2020 but has played to convert them into hundreds.
Ravi Shashtri (Former Indian Head coach) said, “I am going straight to the main guy here. Virat Kohli is overcooked. If anyone needs a break, it’s him,” when the question was asked to him Why is Virat Kohli struggling with his Form?