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Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Virat Kohli’s ‘obstinacy’ in not finding a way to overcome his weakness outside the off-stump has led to his batting average falling from 50 to 48.13. Kohli ended the long-running drought of centuries by scoring a century in the opening test.
Adelaide. Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar believes that veteran batsman Virat Kohli’s ‘obstinacy’ in not finding a way to overcome his weakness outside the off-stump has led to his batting average falling from 50 to 48.13. Kohli ended the long-running drought of centuries in the traditional format of the game by scoring a century in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar series played in Perth. However, he could not maintain his rhythm in the second Test that started here on Friday and was out on seven runs. Kohli hit the ball bouncing outside the off-stump of left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc and was caught by Steve Smith in the slips.
After Kohli’s dismissal, Manjrekar wrote on Twitter, “An important reason for Virat’s average now reaching around 48 is his weakness outside the off stump. What’s more, he is adamant on not adopting any other method to deal with it. Till a few years ago, Kohli’s average in Tests was around 54-55 but due to his failure to play big innings for a long time, Due to this, his average had fallen below 50 in 2022. Before the Australia tour, Kohli had scored only 93 runs at an average of 15.50 in the three-match home series against New Zealand.
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