The second ODI between Team India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, December 7, gave Virat Kohli a great chance to get back into the runs in the 50-over format.
India required a partner for Shikhar Dhawan after skipper Rohit Sharma was injured while fielding. Kohli, who bats normally at No. As the Men in Blue began their pursuit of 272, 3, was elevated to the top of the list. He even got off to a good start, hitting his first ball through the side of the leg for a boundary.
Kohli, on the other hand, only played six balls before inside-edging a pull from Bangladesh pacer Ebadot Hossain onto his stumps. His poor run in ODIs in 2022 continues with the dismissal. The star hitter only scored nine runs in the series opener against the Tigers.
In light of this, the following three statistics about Virat Kohli’s recent ODI performance are troubling.
#3 Since 2019, Virat Kohli has not scored a century in an ODI match
He is the only person who understands what it’s like to pitch long innings in this format. However, since August 2019, when he scored consecutive hundreds against the West Indies, the batter has not been able to reach three figures.
Since then, Kohli has scored at least 80, but he has never scored a century in the format. In fact, he didn’t get it in any format for about three years before he did it against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup.
The former Team India skipper’s trademark metronomic ton-scoring has been severely lacking.
#2 Virat Kohli’s strike rate is the lowest it has been in a calendar year since 2008
Virat Kohli has played five one-day internationals in his first year of international cricket, making his strike rate the lowest it has been since 2008.
In those games, he scored 159 runs with a strike rate of 66.53 and an average of 31.8 runs per game. The 34-year-old has maintained a strike rate above 80 each year since then, up until 2021.
Unfortunately, terrible things have happened in the past year. Kohli now has a strike rate of 73.82 and has only hit 21 fours in 10 innings. It should not come as a surprise that he has not scored a six in one-day internationals this year.
Kohli has regressed in a game that constantly demands faster run scoring. He has been far from fluent, despite showing improved intent in a few games, particularly the series against the West Indies.
#1 Virat Kohli’s average is 18.9 in 2022
In 2022, Virat Kohli’s average is 18.9, which is terrible if his strike rate is anything to go by. In 2022, Virat Kohli has only two 50s to his name and an average of just 18.9. To place that into viewpoint, he has found the middle value of under 40 in just two years (2008 and 2015) of his 15-extended ODI vocation.
In 2022, Kohli received scores of 51, 0, 65, 8, 18, 0, 16, 17, 9, and 5. In 10 innings, he has only scored 20 runs twice, with two ducks and three runs under 20. He is without a doubt having a terrible ODI season right now.