Virat Kohli could manage just one before being cleaned up by New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner in Pune.
It was a shot that left the Pune crowd stunned, even Kohli showing his disappointment at his poor attempt before making the long way back to the pavilion.
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar branded it as Kohli’s career’s ‘worst shot.’
Oh dear! Virat will know he has just played the worst career shot to get out. I have to feel for him because, as always, he came out with solid and honest intent.” Manjrekar posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Oh dear! Virat will realize in the morning that he has got himself out with the worst shot of his life. Have to feel for him… because he came out with solid & honest intent as usual.— Sanjay
What a shot! It shows Kohli’s decreased eyesight, which has affected his reflexes. You can also see it in his fielding.
These days, Virat Kohli either makes 0 or 1. It would have been an excellent Electronics & Communication engineer if not a cricketer.
Kohli has managed only two fifties in the past 11 innings. And India will be worried by the inconsistent form of perhaps the best batter of the current era.
New Zealand capitalised on the spin-friendly conditions of the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium at Pune to wreck India.
The tourists were bowled out for 259 in their first innings after Washington Sundar had grabbed a seven-for.
