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Virat Kohli Faces Criticism For Wasting The Review
By CricShots - Feb 29, 2020 11:45 am
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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.

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Virat Kohli failed again in Christchurch

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:

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.