Star India batters Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma ended what was a disastrous home Test season ahead of the highly-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia away from home starting from November 22 onwards
In the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand, Virat and Rohit once again got out for low scores. During a run-chase of 147 runs, Rohit was dismissed for 11 runs by Matt Henry and caught by Glenn Phillips. On the other hand, Virat was dismissed for just one run in four balls on a delivery by Ajaz Patel. His woes against spinners continued as he handed an easy catch to Daryl Mitchell at slips
With these dismissals, Virat and Rohit have concluded an extremely underwhelming home season consisting of a series against Bangladesh and Kiwis. It does not serve as a good sign for the team ahead of the high-profile BGT series. Only a massive win in the series would help India secure their third-successive ICC World Test Championship final appearance at Lord's next year
In these five Tests, Rohit has scored 133 runs at an average of just 13.30, with a half-century in 10 innings. His best score is 52. His scores this home season are 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8, 18 and 11
In the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25, Rohit has scored 833 runs in 14 Tests at an average of 33.32, with three centuries and four fifties in 26 innings. His best score is 131
Virat's numbers are slightly better but still nothing encouraging as his spin woes have gotten worse. In five Tests, he has scored 192 runs in 10 innings at an average of 21.33, with just one fifty and best score of 70. His scores during this home season are 6, 17. 47, 29*, 0, 70, 1, 17, 4 and 1
This year, Virat has scored just 250 runs in 12 Test innings across six matches at an average of 22.72, with just one half-century and best score of 70. In the ongoing WTC cycle 2023-25, Virat has scored 561 runs in nine Tests and 16 innings at an average of 37.40, with a century and three fifties in 16 innings and best score of 121
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