New Delhi. India had to face defeat in the fourth test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy. The biggest reason for this is the absence of the team’s senior batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. This year has been very bad for Virat Kohli in Test cricket. There has not been a worse year in his career than 2024 when he has played more than 6 matches. Kohli’s average in 19 innings was not even 25.
Virat Kohli has scored only 1 century and 1 half-century in 2024. He has scored 417 runs at an average of 24.52. Navad 100 runs which he scored in Perth ground in this series has been his best score. This year Kohli has not been able to cross double figures in 9 innings. In 13 innings he was out before the score of 20 runs.
If we talk about 2022, this year was also bad for Virat Kohli. Then he scored 265 runs in 11 innings of 6 matches at an average of 26.50. Then he had scored only 1 half-century. Kohli’s average in 2020 was below 20, but he played only 3 matches in Corona. Then he scored 116 runs in 6 innings in 3 matches at an average of 19.33.
If we look at Virat Kohli’s performance in this Border Gavaskar Trophy, it has been very poor so far. In 7 innings of 4 matches, he scored 167 runs at an average of 27.83 and this included 1 century. Barring his unbeaten 100-run innings in the second innings of Perth, Kohli has been able to score only 67 runs in 6 innings. He has not been able to cross double figures in 4 innings.
FIRST PUBLISHED: December 30, 2024, 15:23 IST