IND vs SL: Right Time For Virat Kohli To Score His 71st Ton With the Crowd Behind Him: Aakash Chopra
Published - 12 Mar 2022, 02:02 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:05 AM
Virat Kohli will get yet another opportunity to score his 71st international century in the second India vs Sri Lanka Test match. The Test match starts from March 12 onwards and will be a Pink-Ball Test. There is a lot of anticipation and expectation regarding Kohli’s elusive century.
Aakash Chopra in his preview of the second Test has spoken about the same. He feels that with the Bengaluru crowd behind him, it is the right time for Virat Kohli to score the century. The batter looked set for a three-figure score in the first Test but was dismissed by Lasith Embuldeniya for 45.
“The crowd is going to come in huge numbers and this is Kohli’s adopted home. So maybe it’s just the right time (to get the 71st hundred). His last hundred had come in the Day-Night Test match against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.”
Despite Virat Kohli’s century drought, he has been averaging over 50 in Test cricket. However, the former Indian batter feels that his average has come down considerably in the recent past. Kohli in fact is averaging above 50 across all three formats even with his supposedly dry run with the bat.
Virat Kohli’s Average Has Dropped Since He Has Not Scored Centuries: Aakash Chopra
“Kohli is scoring runs but is failing to get the hundreds. And when that happens, the average starts to drop off. That is exactly what is happening with him for the last couple of years” opined Chopra.
Previously, former Indian cricketer Madan Lal criticised the former Indian skipper for losing his concentration in the first Test while batting. He said that the century drought was playing on his mind which forced him to drop his concentration.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma is eyeing his maiden Test series win as captain after winning his maiden ODI and T20I series previously.
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