King Kohli taken down a peg
IT’S the sneaky statistic Australian fans are only prepared to whisper behind cupped hands.
In Virat Kohli’s past six Test innings against Australia, featuring a series in India last year, he has managed just 49 runs at just over eight per innings.
No, it does not mean Australia have the wood on him because he has six centuries in 16 Tests against them and an average of about 50.
In fact, if you were one of those punters who backs on the laws of probability that things will even out, we suggest you unload on Kohli going big in the second innings in Adelaide.
But still, Australia have somehow, gleefully landed a cheeky little run of left jabs against the world’s best player.
As great as Kohli is, he, like his less talented top-order teammates, are prisoners of sorts the sort of cricket they have been playing and the mindset they are trying to play with.
Kohli likes to play gung-ho cricket and Australia knows that.