Three golden ducks, three single-digit scores and just one score above 50.
Virat Kohli has been in poor form in IPL 2022 for RCB. He has scored 216 runs from a dozen games with three golden ducks.
Three golden ducks, three single-digit scores and just one score above 50.
If Virat Kohli바카라s name wasn바카라t attached to that sequence of batting scores in the world바카라s richest cricket league, selectors may already have run out of patience.
But Kolhi has runs on the board in so many other ways.
He is India바카라s most accomplished batter, with more than 10,000 runs in limited-overs formats, and he carries loads of experience.
Kohli gave up the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of this Indian Premier League season while promising to serve the franchise as a player.
Most cricket pundits thought that removing the burden of leading Bangalore -- which has never won the title in the lucrative Twenty20 league -- would bring the best out of Kohli.
But it hasn바카라t clicked. His tally of runs stood at 216 from 12 games when he picked up his third golden duck on the weekend against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The slick cover drives for which Kohli is famous seem to be a stroke he has forgotten to execute with that utmost precision. Just 20 boundaries in 12 games is evidence of master batter바카라s struggles against the bowlers.
Kohli even tried his luck to regain form by opening for Bangalore after a barren run at No. 3. His first two golden ducks -- against Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad -- came at No. 3 while facing the pace bowlers.
He upped the ante, moving up to open the innings and posting his only half century of this tournament against Gujarat Titans. A 58-run knock off 53 balls at a strike-rate of 109.43 was not enough to save his team from a six-wicket defeat. He batted until the 17th over before Muhammed Shami dismissed him with a yorker.
After Kohli바카라s first first-ball duck in the tournament, former India head coach Ravi Shastri suggested the former national team skipper take a break from competitive cricket.
바카라I am going straight to the main guy here. Virat Kohli is overcooked. If anyone needs a break, it바카라s him,바카라 Shastri told tournament broadcasters. 바카라Whether it바카라s two months or a month and a half, whether it바카라s after (the) England (tour in July) or before England, he needs a break because he has got six-seven years of cricket left in him and you don바카라t want to lose that with a fried brain.바카라
Since then, Kohli has added two more golden ducks.
Commentator and high-profile former England batter Kevin Pietersen said Kohli needs to say 바카라I will see you later바카라 to cricket and needs to switch off his attention from social media to re-energized himself.
바카라When the stadiums are full again, you guarantee him a spot in that side for the next 12, 24 or 36 months,바카라 Pietersen said. 바카라Tell him, 바카라You바카라re our guy. We know you바카라ll deliver for us.바카라바카라
He acknowledged it would be hard for Kohli if he바카라s 바카라completely fried.바카라
Kohli바카라s RCB franchise could still make it to the playoffs, hanging in among the top four with 14 points with two league games to go.
The 33-year-old Kohli has shown many times in his long career that he quickly turn things around. His millions of fans remain hopeful that the change will come soon for Bangalore.