Twitter slams Kohli for wasting review
India captain Virat Kohli’s lead patch with the bat in hand continues as he was dismissed for just three runs on Saturday in the first innings of India’s second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.
The aggressive batsman was sent back to the pavilion by Tim Southee, trapped leg before wicket. After the dismissal, Kohli went for a review, but it proved unsuccessful.
Even before ball-tracking came on, it looked like Kohli was a goner and soon, hawk-eye confirmed that the ball would have gone on to hit the middle of middle.
Also Read - Tigresses humbled by White Ferns in low-scoring contestSo far Kohli has used Decision Review System (DRS) on 13 occasions in the longest format of the game after being given out LBW, and only two of them have turned out to be successful.
Kohli, who has managed to score just 48 runs in his last five innings in international cricket, is now being highly criticised on social media platforms for wasting review, with some even terming it as a “ego review” from Kohli.
First take a look at the dismissal:
— faceplatter49 (@faceplatter49) February 29, 2020
How Kohli wasted the review:
— faceplatter49 (@faceplatter49) February 29, 2020
Kohli on this tour so far:
Virat Kohli on this NZ tour:
T20Is – 45, 11, 38, 11
ODIs – 51, 15, 9
Tests – 2, 19, 3204 runs in 10 inns, one fifty. #NZvInd
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) February 29, 2020
Kohli’s recent review record:
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
— Sidhearts@?? (@Sidloverboy123) February 29, 2020
Now, here are some of the reactions:
Captain kohli gone for 3 (15)
Wasted a review too#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/dPTnVupkv9— . (@imvk__) February 29, 2020
Kohli officially now in a slump….bad form continues and wastes a review as well. Selfish to say the least. #BCCI #nzvind @ICC @ESPNcricinfo @bhogleharsha @PathakRidhima
— कing रam (@puneetram) February 29, 2020
Why the fuck would you review that Kohli! #NZvIND
— Shriram (@pakki_minaj) February 29, 2020
Low score again for @imVkohli puts India in greater pain. How eell Kiwi bowlers have tested him with swing and seam. Big session for both teams now. Couple of more wickets and New Zealand will have taken vice like grip on match
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 29, 2020
Cricket is a team sport. But not for Virat Kohli. Clearly put himself ahead of the team, yet again.
2/13 (15%) successful reviews against LBW decisions in tests.
7 more wickets left, last review and wasting it on such a straightforward LBW is unforgivable. #NZvInd pic.twitter.com/gG2dteK60Q
— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) February 29, 2020
Virat Kohli always thinking that he isn't out when it's comes to lbw decision in Test Cricket.
But the fact that he has been successful DRS only 2 times out of 13 he taken.
We suffer for DRS later. So don't use DRS just because of you are the captain.#NZvIND #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/XS7sa25vMc
— Rohit Sharma™ (@Ro45FC_) February 29, 2020
Taking advantages of captaincy Virat Kohli using referrals every time and always wasting it.. which can better used for better chances for rest of batsman..#INDvsNZ #NZvsIND
— chaina_man (@chaina__man) February 29, 2020
Just being selfish @imVkohli you were positive you are out why waste a review that could cost later on #IndiaVSNewZEaland
— Atinder (@atinder_pal) February 29, 2020
Overal it was the seventh time during the ongoing tour of New Zealand that the India skipper failed to reach 20. He lasted just 15 deliveries at Hagley Oval on Saturday, and has not scored a century in his last 21 innings. His last three-figure score came in the day-night Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata when he scored 136.
