IND vs WI LIVE – Virat Kohli’s batting average drops to career-low Virat Kohli is racing against time to deliver big for India with a century drought spanning over two years. Amid this, his career average has nosedived to career-low in 2021. Follow India vs West Indies LIVE score updates on InsideSport.IN
He had scored a couple of fifties against Proteas but back home, he returned with meagre figures of 8 and 18 in the last two games against West Indies.
The Team management can now give him a break ahead of the T20I series and try someone like Shreyas Iyer or Shah Rukh Khan who are waiting in the wings.
IND vs WI LIVE: Amid century drought, Virat Kohli’s batting average drops to career-low, can team management rest him for 3rd ODI?
- Virat Kohli’s batting average has dropped to 28.4 in 2021 despite managing a couple of fifties in South Africa.
- He had last scored an ODI century in August 2019 against West Indies while his last international ton came in November 2019 in Tests.
- Kohli’s average has witnessed a downward after 2019. The figures have been listed below.
- In such scenario coupled with series already in the bag, Team India management can opt to rest Kohli and bring in someone like Shreyas Iyer after COVID recovery. IPL sensation Shah Rukh Khan can make his debut among other options.
- Kohli, however, continues to be World No.2 ODI batsman below Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma has surged to 3rd in the ICC batter’s list.
IND vs WI LIVE: Amid century drought, Virat Kohli’s batting average drops to career-low, can team management rest him for 3rd ODI?
Heading into the final game, all eyes would be on Virat Kohli’s form. So far in the series, Virat has been below-par as he recorded scores of 8 and 18 and the wait for century number 71 is growing day by day. The batter needs to stay true to his instincts as in the ongoing series, the batter has looked to be in a rush. This has never been the case with Virat but probably lack of a big score is now getting to the former skipper as well. A good talk with head coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit might just be the need of the hour for Virat as the Men in Blue definitely need their star batter at his best. Another failure can only land him into trouble during the post-captaincy era.
Virat Kohli- Batting Year-Wise
| Year | Mat | Inns | NO | 100s | 50s | 0s | HS | Runs | Avg | S/R | Ca | St |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 159 | 31.80 | 66.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 325 | 54.17 | 84.42 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 118 | 995 | 47.38 | 85.12 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 117 | 1381 | 47.62 | 85.56 | 19 | 0 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 1026 | 68.40 | 93.78 | 14 | 0 |
| 2013 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 115* | 1268 | 52.83 | 97.54 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 139* | 1054 | 58.56 | 99.62 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 623 | 36.65 | 80.60 | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 154* | 739 | 92.38 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 131 | 1460 | 76.84 | 99.12 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 160* | 1202 | 133.56 | 102.56 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 123 | 1377 | 59.87 | 96.36 | 21 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 431 | 47.89 | 92.29 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 129 | 43.00 | 86.58 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 142 | 28.40 | 76.34 | 3 | 0 |
| Overall (15) | 259 | 250 | 39 | 43 | 64 | 14 | 183 | 12311 | 58.35 | 92.93 | 135 | 0 |
IND vs WI LIVE: Amid century drought, Virat Kohli’s batting average drops to career-low, can team management rest him for 3rd ODI?
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