Team India’s Test captain Virat Kohli’s vulnerability outside the off-stump continued in the second innings of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion. Kohli, who is going through a lean patch, was dismissed by debutant Marco Jensen after the lunch break on Day 4. Kohli once again tries to cover a drive on the ball outside off-stump and takes an edge. Quinton de Kock takes a simple catch. He scored just 18 runs to end the second consecutive year without an international century.
Kohli was dismissed in a similar style in the first innings as well, when he looked well set up and a sudden lack of concentration forced him to play a delivery that was wide outside the off-stump and threw it at slips. Gave.
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The 33-year-old looked in control in the first session on the fourth day and played some great shots with a lot of confidence but Jensen’s first ball after lunch forced him to commit the same mistake he made several times. last few years.
Fans on Twitter were unhappy with Kohli’s departure as they slammed him for making the same mistake again.
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Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar also questioned Kohli’s shot selection and said that he should have let go of the ball to give himself some time after lunch.
“After lunch he was a loose shot. Every batsman gives himself some time after the break. You have to reset your batting. Kohli is such an experienced batsman, probably in the back of his mind he was looking for the declaration. How far is the ball. He could have left it alone, it was the first ball after lunch,” Gavaskar lamented.
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