Virat Kohli has scored only 216 runs across 12 innings at an average of 19.64 in IPL 2022. His performance this season includes three first-ball ducks.
Virat Kohli failed with the bat once again in IPL 2022 on Sunday. He was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm orthodox Jagadeesha Suchith at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Suchith bowled the first ball of the innings on Kohli’s pads and the latter flicked it straight to short midwicket to continue his miserable form in the ongoing season.
Watch the dismissal here:
This was the sixth time in the history of IPL that the former RCB skipper was dismissed for a golden duck. It was also his third golden duck this season. Earlier, he got out on the first ball of his innings for two consecutive times. Coincidentally, his last first-ball duck also came against the same team – Sunrisers Hyderabad. On April 23, Kohli was dismissed for a first-ball zero at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium. His third golden duck of the ongoing season had come against Lucknow Super Giants on April 19.
Here is the list of bowlers who have dismissed Kohli for a golden duck in IPL –
Jagadeesha Suchith – RCB vs SRH, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 2022
Marco Jansen – RCB vs SRH, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, 2022
Dushmanta Chameera – RCB vs LSG, DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, 2022
Nathan Coulter-Nile – RCB vs KKR, Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 2017
Sandeep Sharma – RCB vs PBKS, Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 2014
Ashish Nehra – RCB vs MI, Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 2008
Talking about Kohli’s form this season, he has scored only 216 runs across 12 games at an average of 19.64 and a strike rate of 111.34.
Here is how fans reacted to Kohli's latest golden duck:
Meanwhile, some fans also trolled Kohli post his dismissal on Sunday.
While former India head coach Ravi Shastri had suggested Virat Kohli to pull out of IPL if he feels the need to do it, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had showed his trust in the player and expected him to get runs under his belt.