For the third time in his illustrious career, Virat Kohli will go without an internatio𝓡nal century in a calendar year (2008, 2020 and 2021) after getting out for 18 r♕uns on Wednesday.
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India, playing their last match of 2021, set a 305-run target for South Africa in the Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion. And it was Kohli's last chance to script a three-figure score in 2021. But it didn't﷽ happen.
Kohli, who made his India debut in 2008 in an ODI match against Sri Lanka, has 70 international centuries. But the India Test captain is having a lean phase and his last international ton was 136 against Bangladesh in the Kolkata Day-Night Test in 2019🐻. And many have claimed that 'King Kohli' is not the same batter he used to be. The numbers are telling.
On Day 4 of the Test, the 33-year-old paid the price for fishing outsideಞ the off-stump and became a victim of Marco J𓃲ansen's out-swinging delivery.
Kohli's dismissal became a talking point with fans taking to ꦺsocial media platforms to share their views on why the batting great is struggling😼.
Watch the dismissal here:
And here are some reactions, some outlandish and some 🎀chastening:
India resumed the penu🎃ltimate day's play at the overnight score of 12/1 bu💃t lost quick wickets, and finally folded for 174 all out.
The three-match South Africa vs India series is part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2𒆙0🦋21-23.
The second ﷽Test at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg s♏tarts January 3, 2021. The third match will be played at Newlands, Cape Town, starting January 11.
The Tests will be💙 followed by a three-match ODI series.
