Virat Kohli’s horror run in New Zealand continues as the Indian skipper was dismissed for three on Day 1 of the ongoing second Test in Christchurch on Saturday.
Kohli’s hundred-less run extended to 21 innings in international cricket. He has now managed just 204 runs in 10 innings with only one fifty on the ongoing tour of New Zealand.
Having survived a tricky period of 15 minutes before the lunch break, Kohli got out in the second over after the break at the Hagley Oval.
The 31-year-old missed a straight ball from Tim Southee and was adjudged LBW for 3.
Notably, the Delhi-lad went for a review after discussing with non-striker Cheteshwar Pujara for a considerable amount of time even as the call looked plumb. As it turned out, there were 3 reds and the on-field umpire’s decision stayed.
Kohli has had a history of poor DRS calls. As a batsman, he has found success in only 2 out of 13 DRS reviews in Test cricket. Clearly, Twitterati wasn’t happy with Kohli wasting yet another review.
Here’s how the fans reacted on Twitter:
Selfish act from Kohli. Being a captain he shouldn't have taken that review. I hope it doesn't affect us. #NZvIND
— Ashish Das Biswas (@abis3067) February 29, 2020
Getting out when your not in form is acceptable but wasting a review will hurt the team further..
Kohli 🥴#NZvIND
— JAMES (@ImJames_) February 29, 2020
Virat Kohli DRS reviews (as batsman) in Tests since 2016
14 referrals
Nine stuck down
Three umpire's calls
Two overturnedLast successful review: vs SL, Kolkata, 2017/18 (Umpire: Joel Wilson)#NZvIND
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) February 29, 2020
This review is bizzare from Kohli! That was dead plumb yet he took review https://t.co/iO1Tvngqyy
— DK (@Dileep_RF) February 29, 2020
Why would #Kohli review that? It was plumb. Team had already lost one review. 7 wickets still remaining. Team is 0-1 down, not the thing that you would expect a captain to do. And is Pujara watching girls in the stand? Why he didn't stop Kohli? #NZvIND
— Harshit Anand (@imHarshitAnand) February 29, 2020
You just can't waste a review like this even if you are Virat Kohli.#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ
— क्रिकेट एवम् राजनीतिक एक्सपर्ट (@Slog_Sweep_) February 29, 2020
Virat kohli given out LBW and he review that without consulting pujara.. and ball hitting middle of middle..this is how you have to waste your review and ensures that other batsman don't get option of DRS .
Great selfish player for some reason#INDvNZ— A क्ष ಯ 🚩 (@bagga_daku) February 29, 2020
Quite simply. #Kohli shouldn't take review if he doesn't think it's a howler. https://t.co/f9l4GuUcNt
— Harshit Anand (@imHarshitAnand) February 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/SirWB/status/1233569540111392769
Is that stupidest DRS ever? Worse than Watto! #Kohli #NZvIND
— Narayana Kashyap (@kashnarayana) February 29, 2020
Selfish Kohli…Let others also use the reviews..He is letting down himself as well as the team#NZvIND
— Shreesh kadur (@shreesh_kadur) February 29, 2020
Ego review from Kohli there. #NZvIND
— Sam[uel] Smith (@sgowsmith1988) February 29, 2020
