Virat Kohli & KL Rahul In BGT 2024-25: The flop show of Indian batsmen continues in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Team India was reduced to just 185 runs on the first day of the Sydney Test. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul disappointed again. Rishabh Pant scored the maximum 40 runs for India. While all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja added 26 runs. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah made an important contribution of 22 runs. KL Rahul returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs on 14 balls. Whereas, Virat Kohli continued after scoring 17 runs on 69 balls. In this way, both the batsmen are once again the target of critics.
Now the question is where are KL Rahul and Virat Kohli going wrong? Why are both the batsmen continuously kneeling in front of the Australian bowlers? Actually we will look at those 3 points, where perhaps KL Rahul and Virat Kohli could have done better.
The ball going out ruined Virat Kohli’s life?
In this series, it is constantly being seen that Virat Kohli is giving catches to the wicketkeeper or in the slips in an attempt to tamper with the balls going out. Especially, Australia’s fast bowlers made a strategy of fifth and sixth stump ball against Virat Kohli, which was quite successful. At the same time, KL Rahul is continuously struggling except in the initial innings. Especially, KL Rahul looks helpless against the fast bowlers.
Lack of confidence of both the players!
When KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are at the crease, the lack of confidence is clearly visible. Actually, both the players are going through bad form, the effect of which is visible during batting. In this series it is often seen that both the players are struggling to regain their rhythm. However, Rahul did get good starts in some innings, but failed to capitalize on them.
Kangaroos are giving the bowlers a chance to dominate!
The strategy of the opposition bowlers against KL Rahul and Virat Kohli seems clear, but both the Indian batsmen seem to be in a state of doubt. During this time it has been seen that both the batsmen have been batting very defensively. Due to which Kangaroo bowlers are getting continuous opportunities to dominate. If both the batsmen had shown aggression then the bowlers would definitely have been forced to change their line and length.
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