It was another failure for the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli as he was removed cheaply again by Tim Southee on Day 1 of the second Test between India and New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday. Things went from bad to worse for him as he consumed India’s only review after Mayank Agarwal used one in the first session.
Southee knew that it was out as soon as the ball hit the pad but Kohli hesitantly went ahead with the decision to take a review after discussion with Cheteshwar Pujara. Virat had missed the ball by some distance and impact was right on off stump and the ball was crashing on to the middle stump. Soon, fans took to Twitter to slam the Indian skipper for another poor outing and “wasting” the review.
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Here are some of the reactions:
https://twitter.com/Sidloverboy123/status/1233573730661683200
Captain kohli gone for 3 (15)
Wasted a review too#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/dPTnVupkv9— . (@ImVK__) February 29, 2020
Low score again for @imVkohli puts India in greater pain. How eell Kiwi bowlers have tested him with swing and seam. Big session for both teams now. Couple of more wickets and New Zealand will have taken vice like grip on match
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 29, 2020
Cricket is a team sport. But not for Virat Kohli. Clearly put himself ahead of the team, yet again.
2/13 (15%) successful reviews against LBW decisions in tests.
7 more wickets left, last review and wasting it on such a straightforward LBW is unforgivable. #NZvInd pic.twitter.com/gG2dteK60Q
— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) February 29, 2020
Virat Kohli always thinking that he isn't out when it's comes to lbw decision in Test Cricket.
But the fact that he has been successful DRS only 2 times out of 13 he taken.
We suffer for DRS later. So don't use DRS just because of you are the captain.#NZvIND #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/XS7sa25vMc
— 𝐉.𝐈.𝐓.🚩 😷 (@JitRo45) February 29, 2020
Taking advantages of captaincy Virat Kohli using referrals every time and always wasting it.. which can better used for better chances for rest of batsman..#INDvsNZ #NZvsIND
— MLA (@dugal_g) February 29, 2020
Virat Kohli doing his best Shane Watson Impression with that review #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/9xBDqbgKNE
— Harrison Rennick (@hazzmann456) February 29, 2020
Just being selfish @imVkohli you were positive you are out why waste a review that could cost later on #IndiaVSNewZEaland
— Atinder (@atinder_pal) February 29, 2020
Virat only scored three before being dismissed by Southee and his highest score in the tour so far is 51. It was the seventh time during the ongoing tour that Kohli failed to reach 20. Kohli, who lasted just 15 deliveries at Hagley Oval, has not scored a century in his last 21 innings.
Kohli’s last century in international cricket came way back in the day-night Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata when he scored 136. However, this is not the first lean patch of his illustrious career. Between February to October 2014, Kohli had failed to score a century in 25 innings across formats. Before that, he had failed to hit a ton in 24 consecutive innings between February to September 2011.
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Recently, Virat also lost his no.1 position in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen to Australia’s Steve Smith earlier this week. As far as the match is concerned, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl. The Kiwis bundled out India for a meager score of 242 as Prithvi Shaw, Chetshwar Puajra, and Hanuma Vihari scored the fifties but failed to make it big.
