Left arm spin bowling has become a problem for Virat Kohli, the statistics of the last 3 years are surprising, video

By News Update On Oct 26, 2024

Cricket News Desk. On the second day of the Pune Test match, all the fans were expecting a big innings from Indian legend Virat Kohli, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring just one run. The Pune pitch has been helping spin bowlers a lot since day one, so even though it is not easy for the batsmen to play here, they can cope with it with the right technique. Kohli, who scored 70 runs with the bat in the second innings of Team India in the Bangalore Test match, could not succeed in showing wonders in the Pune Test match. Kohli's record against left-arm spin bowlers has been very poor in the last few years, which clearly shows that solving this problem is proving to be no less than an inexplicable puzzle for Kohli.

Kohli has been struggling like this for the last three years
Virat Kohli scored 619 runs against left-arm spin bowlers in 36 innings of Test matches played at home from 2012 to 2020 and was out only 5 times. During this period, Kohli's average with the bat was 123.8. Since 2021, Virat Kohli has scored at an average of 28.78 in 21 innings against left-arm spinners in home Test matches and has lost his wicket 9 times. If we look at Kohli's record against spin bowlers at home since 2021, it has also been very bad. If we look at Kohli's statistics, it becomes clear that facing the spinners has proved to be a tough challenge for him.

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— ADITYA (@140OldTrafford) October 25, 2024

Kohli was out against spinners 19 times in 22 innings.
While Virat Kohli was successful in scoring 1866 runs at an average of 74.64 against spin bowlers in 54 innings of Test matches played at home from 2012 to 2021, his wicket was taken 25 times by spin bowlers during this period. While Kohli has scored only 573 runs against spinners in 22 innings of Test matches played at home since 2021, he has been out against spin bowlers 19 times at an average of just 30.2.