Virat Kohli runs in England series 2021: Virat Kohli fails to end century drought in Oval Test vs England

Dixit Bhargav | 02/09/2021
Virat Kohli runs in England series 2021: Virat Kohli fails to end century drought in Oval Test vs England

Virat Kohli runs in England series: The Indian captain scored his first-ever half-century at The Oval on Day 1 of the fourth Test.

During the first day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at The Oval, India captain Virat Kohli couldn’t convert his 27th Test half-century into his 28th Test century.

Kohli’s dismissal meant that the visitors have lost half their side for just over 100 runs after being put in to bat by England captain Joe Root this morning. In what was his 10th half-century against England, it was his 15th away from home and 17th as a Test captain.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 43rd over when Kohli once again outside edged a delivery to hand a simple catch to English wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow. Ollie Robinson, whose accurate delivery bounced a tad bit too high to undone Kohli, picked his second wicket of the match after sending back Lokesh Rahul (17) in the morning session.

Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the 14th over, Kohli looked in sublime touch on-driving veteran England pacer James Anderson for a boundary to get off the mark. It was on the penultimate delivery of the 40th over when Kohli ran a single off Anderson to complete his first-ever half-century at The Oval.

The absolute precision with which Kohli was nailing his cover drives on Day 1 had provided enough hints for his fans to hope for an end to his century drought but it wasn’t to be eventually.

Virat Kohli runs in England series 2021

Kohli, who departed after scoring a stroke-filled 50 (96) with the help of eight fours, has scored 174 runs in six innings at an average of 29 including a couple of half-centuries in this series.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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