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Veteran Indian batter and former skipper Virat Kohli is on the gaining end of hard and fast-lined criticism from a section of the Indian cricket fans. Struggling with his batting misery, Kohli fell prey to the star Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz with only on a score of 1 run off 22 balls.
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The 34-year-old also failed in the last two innings he batted during the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh. This poor run of form with the bat from the modern-day great batter didn’t go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they took to Twitter to lash out at him.
Fans felt that the night watchman Axar Patel was way better than the proper batter Virat Kohli. It’s being said by the fans because Axar was sent as a night-watchman to save Virat Kohli’s wicket but unfortunately the latter ended up throwing his wicket almost in the ending overs of the third day.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Literally kohli was afraid to come out to bat pic.twitter.com/8USwe7MLUo
— Wanderer (@Wanderer264264) December 24, 2022
Out of form Virat Kohli n Kane Williamson,
— Akram Khan (@AkramK2108) December 24, 2022
tuk tuk karke kuch milega nhi u both had ur best whn u hv shown intent.....!
Negative apraoch by india
— Rays (@_Btech_) December 24, 2022
Soecialy kohli 1 run in 22 ball
Out kisi bhi ball par ho sakate h ksm se k jonrun bali ball h us par run karo
Virat Kohli was furious after getting out on 1(22)
— MUHAMMAD JILANI KHAN (@JILANI_HB) December 24, 2022
Shakib came to rescue#kohli #ViratKohli #cricket #BNGvsIND #PCB #harisrauf pic.twitter.com/2e4z1hSPR4
Ab toh aisa lag raha Kohli ko main bhi out kar sakta hu pic.twitter.com/1wfC1InqFn
— microaggression (@shekhariyat) December 24, 2022
Never seen Kohli going into his shell like he did today. It was one of his all time horrible knock, didn't even look to rotate strike and play out maidens as if he was batting for a draw.
— Prantik (@Pran__07) December 24, 2022
Just exam deke aaya, ghar aake dekha toh Kohli khel rha tha.
— BumbleBee 軸 (@itsMK_02) December 24, 2022
Socha meri kismat achchhi hai ki exam ke baad hi Kohli ki bating hai..
Full excited, jaldi jaldi fresh hoke, chips ka packet leke sofe pe baitha hi tha match dekhne, toh vaise hi Kohli out ho gaya agle ball pe🙂 pic.twitter.com/JC9Wjh0Fc4
Axar ko night watchman bna ke bheja tha , Kohli hi out ho gya 😂😭🤣#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/G8gvfwS2RC
— S(!) (@SarveshUP62) December 24, 2022
Khudki galti se Out hua or ab ladh rha 🙄🤮 shame on you kohli bro😡
— I N D R A Otsūtsúkî ⛩️ (@Uchiha649) December 24, 2022
Legendary Kohli out on 1@damnharris
— Taimoor Shahid (@TaimoorShahid_) December 24, 2022
Irony of Indian cricket team,they sent Axar Patel as night watch man. He is still there but Kohli is out caught by Eknath solkar reborn in Bangladesh.
— Sr.Sinha (@AdhirSinha) December 24, 2022
3 catch drops costed too many runs to chase and got out cheaply by just blocking blocking. #Kohli
— Venu (@vmadhavm) December 24, 2022
Indian team is in a struggling position after the end of the third day’s play against Bangladesh as they have lost four wickets only on the score of 45 runs. At the time of stumps, Axar Patel alongside another night-watchman Jaydev Unadkat0 went unbeaten on the individual scores of 26 runs and 1 run respectively.
Now, the visitors need 100 more runs to win with six wickets to spare on the fourth day’s turning and tricky track at the Sher-E-Bangla stadium in Mirpur.
Earlier in the game of the third day, Litton Das and Zakir Hasan helped Bangladesh to reach a decent total of 231 runs in the second innings against KL Rahul’s men. Litton Das played a knock of 73 runs with seven boundaries to his name. Whereas, young batter Zakir Hasan played an important knock of 51 runs with five boundaries on his credit.