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Team India skipper, Rohit Sharma and former captain and batting stalwart, Virat Kohli were once again dismissed cheaply when India needed them to step up at a crucial juncture of the match in Pune. While the skipper fell for a nine-ball duck in the first Indian innings, Kohli could only add one run before he was dismissed by Mitchell Santner.
There poor run-of-form continued as Rohit departed for a 16-ball eight while Virat Kohli once again fell after scoring 17 runs off 40 balls in the second innings. Earlier in the day, India bundled out New Zealand at the score of 255 with the visitors posting 359-run target for the hosts to win the match and level the series 1-1 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
Fans troll Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli amidst lean patch in Test cricket
With both Indian veterans securing batting failures in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand, fans lashed out at the star duo. With Rohit Sharma’s twin failures in the ongoing Test match, it implies that the Indian skipper has till now registered six-single digit scores in Test cricket in his past eight outings. Virat Kohli, who also could not put up a show with the bat as he fell scoring 17 runs off 40 deliveries, continued his poor run with his cumulative average falling from 54 in January 2019 to 49 this year.
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At the writing, Indian scoreboard read 166/6 after 36 overs with Ravindra Jadeja (1 off 2) and Washington Sundar (21 off 44) in the middle in pursuit of the 359-run target at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
