2 years 8 months 27 days. More simply said: a full 1000 days have passed by since Virat Kohli last scored an international century (or century of any kind on a cricket field.)
November 23, 2019 – the day Kohli last raised his bat to acknowledge the applause of the crowd when he hit a century – his 70th in international cricket – at the iconic Eden Gardens in the day-night Test vs Bangladesh.
Kohli has been stuck at 70 international tons since that day. Even though the pandemic reduced a few months from the sport where Kohli and the Indian team and others didn’t take the field – Kohli’s form, though, has been dipping since then.
Twitterati mercilessly troll Kohli for his century drought
Here are some of the reactions of netizens who took a dig and trolled the former India skipper for going 1000 days without an international ton:
“Congratulations to Virat Kohli on 1000 consecutive days without a century in any form of international cricket,” wrote one Twitter user.
Congratulations to Virat Kohli on 1000 consecutive days without a century in any form of international cricket. #Celebration #BringOnZimbabwe #WhyIsHeStillInTheTeam pic.twitter.com/e1XQuWno5L
— Imported Dennis (@DennisCricket_) August 19, 2022
“19th August 2022 – 1000 days and 79 innings without an International century for Virat Kohli. his last International century was against Bangladesh without Shakib and Mustafizur, in India, on 23rd November 2019,” commented another.
19th August 2022 – 1000 days and 79 innings without an International century for Virat Kohli. his last International century was against Bangladesh without Shakib and Mustafizur, in India, on 23rd November 2019.
#Cricket
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) August 19, 2022
It is now 1000 days since Virat Kohli last scored an international century
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 19, 2022
HE’S DONE IT!
Today marks 1,000 days since Virat Kohli’s most recent century in international cricket.
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) August 19, 2022
It’s been 1000 days since Virat Kohli ‘s last century in whites.
After the peak years, no body thought about this kinda drought in his career. But that’s what life is ups and downs. Manifesting for another peak,one last time. @imVkohli
— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) August 19, 2022
Virat Kohli completes 1000 days without an international century, his last hundred was against Bangladesh B side at home in November 2019. One of the most over-rated cricketers ever.#Cricket#CricketTwitter
— 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠
(@imtheguy007) 160 players have managed to score a century in international cricket in the last 1000 days; Virat Kohli isn’t one of them.#Cricket#CricketTwitter
— 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠
1000 Days Without A Century
Minnow Batsman Virat Kohli— Ritika Malhotra
(@FanGirlRohit45)
Since December 2019, Kohli averages a mediocre 27 in Test cricket – a pale shadow of his career average of 49. In 32 Test innings in this period, he has only notched up 6 fifties – which is one fifty-plus score every 5.3 innings; much poor compared to this spree before that: 49 fifty-plus scores (27 hundreds and 22 fifties) in 141 Test innings from his debut to his last century – which is a fifty-plus knock in every 2.8 Test innings!
In ODI cricket, Kohli, in his period from December 2019, has averaged an ordinary 35, a lot less than his career average of 57. He has, though, fared well in ODIs: 10 fifties in 23 innings, but has failed to convert any of those into a three-figure score.
In T20Is, however, Kohli has kept up with his elite standards: in his last 24 T20I innings, since the so-called slump, Kohli has notched up 8 half-centuries, including a best of 94*, and averages 50.
