Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s search for century continues

In the ongoing test match between India and New Zealand, Indian Skipper Virat Kohli was cheaply dismissed for just 2 runs. On Friday in Wellington, debutant Kyle Jamieson extended the rare slump in Kohli’s stellar career.  In the 8 innings that he played in the New Zealand series, Virat managed to score just a single fifty. Since Bangladesh tour of India in November 2019, the skipper has not been able to achieve the three figure mark. This is one of the worst slumps for the captain since his 2014 tour of England. Judging a batsman based on the frequency of his century might seem unfair, but a player of Kohli’s caliber can be judged only by his stint with the bat. In his 11 year old international career, Kohli has had only two such slump in form.

The first bad phase for the skipper was from September 2011 when he did not reach the three figure mark in almost 24 innings. In 2014, just three years after the first slump he did not score a century for 254 innings. The current drought of 100 is 3^rd worst in the captain’s career and his dismissal in the current test was very much similar to his dismissals of the 2014 England tour.