What happened to virat kohli?

[sensible-indian]

No way he would show up for this test. It is not a dead rubber yet

Even if England win this, 5th test won't be a dead rubber.

[skindia]

What wrong robin done

[undisputed chap]

When will you guys accept that KOHLI IS A HACK.

[Iconoclast]

Kohli will show up ... when windies tour

[putrevus]

When will you guys accept that KOHLI IS A HACK.

Well you come from land full of hacks so no wonder everyone looks like a hack to you.

[Sarkar]

May be Kohli should play like what Sachin did in Sydney 2004 don't play any offside shots.

[Lord]

he only performs for Anushka these days :headshake:

[sscomp32]

he only performs for Anushka these days :headshake:

Virat Kohli Scoring Ducks Inside and outside the field nowadays. :giggle:

[South_Paw]

May be Kohli should play like what Sachin did in Sydney 2004 don't play any offside shots.

But only Sachin can do that

[Yoda-esque]

May be Kohli should play like what Sachin did in Sydney 2004 don't play any offside shots.

Those weren't difficult conditions to bat in

[vijay50]

What wrong robin done

Robin can replace Dhoni maybe.

[Chandan]

What wrong robin done

Don't you follow A series? If you don't, just go through the 1st pg of this thread. Uthappa failed abysmally in Australia, playing both FC matches as well as One day matches.

[Roshanrocks]

He showed up and went back quickly.. His reputation of a future great has evaporated and he has entered the FTB bracket now... This series will be a black mark on his reputation.. Will need to wait few years to get another crack at england in england..

[Chandan]

he did well in sa and nz and aus' date='its just matter of time he comes good.[/quote'] I've been hoping so too, but 7 innings are enough to be disappointed no? Read this: http://goo.gl/MZym3l IS KOHLI ALL HYPE, NO SUBSTANCE? After Virat Kohli failed to register a significant score for the fourth successive time in the series – falling for 39 on day three at the Ageas Bowl – Matthew Sherry asks whether Ajinkya Rahane is in fact Sachin Tendulkar’s more likely successor in Tests. If Cheteshwar Pujara headed into this series as India’s ‘New Wall’, then Virat Kohli was surely the heir apparent to Sachin Tendulkar. A stylish strokemaker coming in at No.4, he had put a rough start to Test cricket to one side with a fine tour of South Africa. Even in a land where Tendulkar will always be considered a deity, some were allowing themselves to ask, ‘Sachin who?’ And so the stage was set for Kohli’s coronation as India’s next great Test batsman. It would be hyperbolic to suggest his status as the darling of India’s new generation is under threat; an ODI record that is the undisputed best of all-time at this juncture of his career has seen to that. Yet even in a cricketing universe which places ever greater emphasis on coloured clothing, it is exploits in whites that define careers. Kohli has hoovered up 50-over centuries with the kind of zeal that Michael Phelps won Olympic gold medals. But scoring a brilliant – and, boy, have some of his innings been just that – 70-ball hundred in an unlikely run-chase is very different to grinding out a 200-delivery effort that wins a Test match. The former certainly requires skill – great skill – and Kohli clearly possesses the kind of dash and magic that other all-time greats (Jacques Kallis springs to mind) don’t. But, in light of his struggles against England – first in India in late 2011 and now in the ongoing series – do we now need to question whether he is lacking the ingredients that will make him a truly great Test batsman? It seems strange to ask that of somebody who, in some minds, entered the series alongside Kumar Sangakkara and AB de Villiers as the best run-getter in the international arena. And Kohli has of course proved himself very capable at times in Test cricket. However, an average in the low 40s suggests he has some way to go yet before we can regard him as a Test batsman of the highest class. Players are allowed to be out of form. But there is a difference between that and having a technique that is fundamentally flawed in the five-day arena. As he continually prods far from his body with half an angled bat, Kohli resembles a man with just that. In the shorter formats, where there might be a token slip in for a few overs, such a method is fine. With a full cordon in place, you’re asking for problems. In fact, Kohli’s whole method can spell trouble. Yes, he is substantially more reserved in his stroke-play in Tests but that does not change his methods of accumulation: those flowing drives and back-foot punches, that powerful bottom hand, they are asking for trouble. Kohli's tour of England hasn't got off the ground so farKohli’s tour of England hasn’t got off the ground so far It certainly proved that way today at the Ageas Bowl, Kohli wafting outside off-stump to present Alastair Cook with a simple slip chance soon after seeing an almost identical shot parried over the top by the England skipper. It was a dismissal that summed up his series (he now has just 73 runs in five innings at an average lower than 15), and India’s day. Kohli – like Murali Vijay, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja – failed to build on good starts as James Anderson and Stuart Broad found just enough movement, while Moeen Ali was presented with just enough gifts. But it is Kohli who presents a problem; a man who looks super-human when the ball is white finds himself reduced to a mere mortal by the red cherry. He is being Michael Bevan-ed if you will. Without the miraculous record in one-day cricket and a nation’s adulation, it is not too much of a stretch to think his place could be under threat, such is the quality of India’s batting stocks. Put simply, his returns for a man who has now played more than a quarter-century of Tests are bang average. His career is almost in direct contrast to Rahane’s. While Kohli made his name in the shorter stuff, Rahane has never prospered in those forms despite India’s persistent attempts to turn him into a top-order blaster. That never worked and, for a time, a curious stand-off ensued where, for some unknown reason, they refused to select a man averaging almost 60 in the first-class game for Test cricket. The folly of him being overlooked is now clear. His dismissal today aside – when he freakishly top-edged a rank Moeen Ali long-hop to short mid-wicket – Rahane seems to possess the perfect blend: a good temperament, high front elbow and bags of talent. His hundred at Lord’s on the greenest of green tops was hugely impressive and, despite the premature ending, his 54 at the Ageas Bowl was equally assured. It helped India end day three on 323-8, still 246 runs behind England. They will require a fine effort in the second innings to avoid seeing the series levelled with two to play. India’s natural instinct, with their backs to the wall, is to look to Kohli; however, you wonder whether Rahane is the more likely saviour. Maybe it is he who is actually the natural heir to Tendulkar’s throne? More likely, there can be no single heir, not even one as bullishly scintillating as Kohli is in full flow. Maybe a man as great as the Little Master was always going to need two heirs: Kohli in one-day cricket and Rahane in Tests. That’s not so bad is it?

[ThePhenomenal1]

hope he fixes his game need top and middle order to fire

[adi B]

kohli should like the oval pitch,its flat and will be more flatter to ensure england draws the match to win the series.kohli has got serious problems against that outside off balls,especially from anderson.he is reluctant to get his bat away from poking and hence failing miserably,has to leave about everything outside off knowing both broad and anderson will bowl outswingers

[vvvslaxman]

kohli should like the oval pitch' date='its flat and will be more flatter to ensure england draws the match to win the series.kohli has got serious problems against that outside off balls,especially from anderson.he is reluctant to get his bat away from poking and hence failing miserably,has to leave about everything outside off knowing both broad and anderson will bowl outswingers[/quote'] TB was flat, Southampton was flat. I think it is a weakness that they are exploiting regardless of conditions. That one day shot outside off. Little dab.

[gslv]

Kohli is dead man against outswing.

[adi B]

TB was flat' date=' Southampton was flat. I think it is a weakness that they are exploiting regardless of conditions. That one day shot outside off. Little dab.[/quote'] yup.i already mentioned that southampton pitch would suite kohli the best and he made couple of thirties.thats the maximum he'll score with this pathetic form and poking issues.in oval he might score a 50 because with england leading 2-1 ,it'll be the mother of flat pitches

[ThePhenomenal1]

he faced worse in south africa!