New Delhi: The year 2021 has been very difficult for Virat Kohli, one of the best batsmen of his generation. Virat Kohli failed to score big in both the innings of the ongoing Test against South Africa at Centurion. Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 35 runs in the first innings and just 18 runs in the second. The result was that the wait for the 71st international century, released from 2019 onwards, became even longer.

Here it is the shot comparison from 2018 and 2021. Look at his hands and bat angle in the first pic which is from 2018 and compare it with the bat angle and hands in the second pic. They are way away from front foot and head. Slight away swing is enough . #Kohli #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/GcQR9yoyjw

— rishabh_just rishabh (@rishabh75968439) December 26, 2021

Virat Kohli's record in South Africa is excellent, so his fans were hoping for the completion of the 71st century they were waiting for from 2019 before coming on this tour. Virat Kohli looked in good form in the first innings of the Centurion Test, but he lost his wicket early. The same thing happened in the second innings as well, when Virat Kohli was dismissed for playing a bad stroke. Nobody expected such performance from captain Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli's batting has been so bad in 2021 that he has not been able to score even a thousand runs in all three formats. Virat Kohli played 24 matches this year, which includes Tests, ODIs and T20s, and in 30 innings Kohli could only score 964 runs. Kohli averaged 37.07 during this period, which is much lower than his career average.

If we talk about Test cricket, Kohli has played only 11 matches this year and has scored 536 runs. Virat Kohli's Test average is just 28.21. Virat Kohli's last Test century came against Bangladesh in November 2019. At the same time, Virat Kohli's last century in ODI cricket was against West Indies in August 2019. Virat Kohli has 70 centuries in his name in international cricket, but the wait for the 71st century continues for two years.

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