Virat Kohli’s poor performance against Lucknow, missed the opportunity to make a big record

On Monday (May 1), Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants faced each other. Virat Kohli, who led RCB in the previous match, played as a batsman in this match. Virat scored just 31 runs in 30 balls and lost a wicket in this match. Virat lost his wicket to wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran off Ravi Bishnoi. Along with this, an unwanted record was also recorded in the name of Virat.

Virat Kohli has always played aggressively in the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL. In this match, however, Virat’s bat looked calm in this match. He scored at a strike rate of just 103.3. This was Virat’s fourth lowest strike rate after IPL 2015. Earlier in IPL 2022, Virat Kohli averaged just 90.91 against Chennai Super Kings, which was his lowest strike rate in the IPL.

Virat Kohli’s lowest strike rate since IPL 2015
30 off 33 balls vs CSK – Strike rate 90.91 (2022)
31 off 33 balls vs KKR – Strike rate 93.94 (2018)
35 off 34 balls vs Punjab Kings – Strike Rate 103.94 (2021)
31 off 30 balls vs Lucknow Super Giants – Strike Rate 103.33 (2023*)

Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants spinner Ravi Bishnoi was seen in tremendous form in this match between the two teams. Bishnoi took the wicket of Virat Kohli followed by Glenn Maxwell (). Virat Kohli had a chance to make a big record in this match. However, he could not claim this record as he lost his wicket after scoring 31 runs. Virat currently has 6988 runs to his name. Virat will have to wait for the next match to complete his 7000 IPL runs. After Virat scored 12 runs in the next match, he would become the first batsman to score 70000 runs in IPL. (Virat Kohli’s poor performance against Lucknow, missed the opportunity to make a big record)

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