When will Virat Kohli be out of the playing eleven?
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma in Test: Team India is currently going through a phase of change. The condition of the Indian team in the ongoing series against Australia is not hidden from anyone. Perhaps this is the reason why when India vs Australia fifth test started, Jasprit Bumrah came for the toss. That means Rohit Sharma has been shown the way out of the playing eleven. Although it is being said that Rohit Sharma himself has taken this decision in the interest of the team, but everyone knows what the truth is. No captain himself withdraws his name from the playing eleven. Meanwhile, the special thing is that Rohit Sharma is out of the playing eleven, but why is Virat Kohli playing. What has he done that he is not being questioned? If we look at the Test statistics of the last five years, we will come to know that Virat Kohli has proved to be weaker than Rohit Sharma. Does anyone have a hold on Virat Kohli or is he being given some last chances?
Rohit Sharma’s test statistics in the last five years
Let’s take a look at the statistics of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the last five years. These figures are from January 2020 to December 2024. First let’s talk about Rohit Sharma, who is out of Sydney playing eleven. During this period, Rohit has added 2160 runs to his account by playing 63 test innings. During this period, Rohit’s average is 36 and he is batting at a strike rate of 55.03. Rohit Sharma has scored 6 centuries during this period and his highest score is 161 runs. He is in everyone’s eyes for playing badly.
Virat Kohli’s Test statistics in the last five years
Now just take a look at Virat Kohli’s statistics. Virat Kohli has played 67 Test innings from January 2020 to December 2024 and during this period he has scored 2005 runs in his account. Kohli’s average is 31.33 and he is batting at an average of 49.26. Virat Kohli has three Test centuries to his name during this period and his highest score is 186 runs. That means both the players have played almost equal number of innings, but despite this Rohit Sharma is slightly ahead of Virat Kohli.
Kohli should also be out of the team along with Rohit.
It is true that Rohit Sharma is not able to perform as he should. But what work has Kohli done that he is still maintaining his place in the playing eleven? These figures are till December 2024. That is, the numbers of the match which started today i.e. from January 3 have not been added in it. In this match too, Virat Kohli has embarrassed us in a way. He managed to score 17 runs on 69 balls and there was not even a single four during his innings, he rarely hit a six anyway. From this it can be understood that not only Rohit, Kohli should also have been dropped from the playing eleven of this match, but despite such a poor performance, he is still maintaining his place in the team.
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