Virat Kohli’s very poor form with the bat continues in the year 2024.
After a long break of about 40 days, the Indian cricket team took the field on 19 September to play the first match of the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. For this Test match, all the star players were also seen returning to Team India, in which Virat Kohli’s name was prominently included. Kohli played in the second match of the series played on the South Africa tour in early 2024. After this, he did not play in the 5-match Test series played against England on home ground. Now he returned to the team for the first Test against Bangladesh, but his bat did not speak as expected, in which Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring just 6 runs after facing 6 balls in the first innings.
Has the long break from the Test format proved costly for Kohli?
Virat Kohli, who played a Test match earlier this year, has been seen playing in limited overs format since then, but the break from the England Test series and not playing in the Duleep Trophy just before this 2-match Test series against Bangladesh has proved to be costly for Kohli. Kohli went straight to London to spend time with his family after the series against Sri Lanka and now returned to the country just a week before the Test series against Bangladesh. Kohli has been in very poor form with the bat in international cricket so far in the year 2024. While his average in Tests used to be 50 or more at one time, it has now come down to around 49.
In the year 2024, Kohli has scored runs at an average of 18 so far
If we look at Virat Kohli’s form with the bat in international cricket in the year 2024, he has scored only 302 runs while batting in 16 innings and his average is 18.87. Kohli has managed to play only one half-century innings during this period, which came in the T20 World Cup final match of the year 2024. Apart from this, Kohli has also returned to the pavilion this year without opening the account in three innings.
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