Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli’s Test will be held at Edgbaston, has not been able to score a century in 76 innings
Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli is going through the worst phase of his career. Virat has not been able to score a single century in professional cricket for almost three years. All eyes will be on Kohli when the Indian team comes out to play the Test match at Edgbaston on July 1.
From him fans expect a century in international cricket from 76 innings. Waiting for Virat’s century for 950 days.
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Kohli’s last century was against Bangladesh :-
Kohli had scored the last century on 22 November 2019 in the Day-Night Test against Bangladesh. Then Virat played an innings of 136 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Since that match, Kohli has played 17 Tests, 21 ODIs and 25 T20 Internationals, but could not score a single century. The wait may be over at Edgbaston.
In 2018, Virat Kohli had scored two centuries in England :-
Virat batted brilliantly on the tour of England in 2018. He had scored two centuries in the series. Kohli scored 149 runs in the first innings at Edgbaston.
He then scored 103 in the second innings at Nottingham. In such a situation, fans will be hoping that this former India captain ends the drought of his century at Edgbaston.
India lead 2-1 in test series :-
The Test match between India and England will be played at Edgbaston from July 1 to 5. This match will be part of the Test series held last year. In August-September 2021, Team India was playing a five-Test series in England. Then the fifth match could not be held due to coronavirus. India was leading 2-1 for four Tests.
Kohli’s performance in the series :-
Virat Kohli has scored 218 runs in the current series. He has scored runs in seven innings of four Tests at an average of 31.14. During this, two half-centuries came out of his bat.
This performance is not up to his reputation. Kohli would like to end the series brilliantly by scoring an Edgbaston Test century.
Virat Kohli ‘s innings in the series :-
Test Ground First Inning Second Inning
1st Nottingham 0 did not bat
Second Lords 42 20
3rd Leeds 7 55
4th Oval 50 44
Virat can captain against England :-
India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is in quarantine due to corona infection. It is believed that due to fitness problems, Rohit may be out of the Test match. Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain, who led Team India to victory in the Test series in Australia.
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Virat Kohli has a chance to make a special record :-
Virat will have a chance to win the series in England. However, before Virat, three Indian captains have won Test series in England. If Virat Kohli takes the captaincy in the last match and India wins this match and wins the series, then Virat can become the first captain, who will win three matches to his name. No captain has won three matches in the series before this.