IND vs NZ: It is difficult for Virat Kohli to play a big innings in Pune as well, what happened in the nets has raised a line of concern

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Virat Kohli is getting started. But he is not able to convert them into big innings. This is the reason why the wait for his 81st international century is getting longer. There are expectations from Virat in the Pune Test because the last time he played on this ground, he scored an unbeaten 254 against South Africa. But will this happen? This question is being asked because the pictures of Virat that have come out from the nets are telling a different story.

Now the question is what was seen on the nets, which is making it difficult for Virat Kohli to play a big innings in the Pune Test. In fact, 23rd October was not a good day for Virat Kohli on the nets in Pune. The fast bowlers were seen troubling him, while he was also seen struggling against the spinners. The bowlers who did not let Virat Kohli play freely on the nets were all net bowlers. Now just imagine that when Virat Kohli's condition is like this in front of the net bowlers, then how will he play a big innings against the legendary bowlers of New Zealand?

Of course, Virat Kohli has a double century to his name in the last test played against South Africa in Pune. But, in the test played against Australia on the same ground, Virat Kohli could score only 13 runs. After seeing Virat Kohli's condition in the nets, there is a fear that the condition of Australia's match against New Zealand will also be the same. Meaning, the wait for his big innings in one more match may increase.

Statistics also testify to what we are saying. Virat Kohli's 81st international century has been awaited for the last 24 innings. Apart from this, dividing his batting in Tests into two parts shows that his recent form is not at all like before. In the first part of batting, we have kept the time from 2011 to 2019. In this phase, Kohli has played 141 innings, in which he has scored 7202 runs at an average of 54.98. During this, he has scored 27 centuries and 22 half-centuries.

The second half of his batting is from 2020 till now. In this phase, Virat Kohli's batting average is only 33.61. He has scored 1815 runs in 56 innings, which includes 2 centuries and 9 half-centuries.