Srinagar: It has been horrid time for batting superstar Virat Kohli in Australia this time.
Barring a Century that raised hopes of his form revival, Virat Kohli has been dismal so far in the Border-Gavaskar series.
Following the failure in the first innings in Brisbane, Kohli’s career record fell to 47.9, the lowest he has recorded since the figure fell to 47.50 during the 2016 home series against England. The current figure, amid his slump, vastly differs from the average he attained in 2019, when it peaked at a career-high 55.10.
Kohli’s average hit 50 for the first time during his 52nd appearance in the format, when he smashed a double century against England in 2016. Kohli never fell below that mark in six years, but after it did fall, following the Bengaluru day-night Test against Sri Lanka in 2022, another 50 Test appearances later, he never managed to get it past 50.
In 2024, Kohli has had a forgettable run as a batter across formats. In Test cricket, he managed only 376 runs this year in 17 innings, with a solitary ton and a fifty. The poor show in Gabba saw his average in 2024 fall to 25.06, which has left him on the brink of registering his worst-ever figure in a calendar year where he played a minimum of 10 innings. Kohli had recorded his worst average of 25.06 in 2022.
India has barely played the ODI format in 2022, but in T20Is, Kohli averaged only 18 in 10 innings, also his worst in a calendar year where he has at least batted 10 times.