Thread by @abhik2593

#ViratKohli's form is a worrying concern for #IND. His avg is 22.33 on this tour of NZ across formats with 1 fifty.

However, in recent Tests, it is not his form neither their is any pattern in his dismissals but something else that might be an issue with him.

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In his last 7 Test dismissals, #ViratKohli has been dismissed by 7 different bowlers with 6 of them being the bowlers whom he had never faced before in a Test season.

Those 6 bowlers are: K Roach, S Muthusamy, A Nortje, A Jayed, E Hossain & K Jamieson.

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Trent Boult is the only previously faced bowler who dismissed #ViratKohli out of his last 7 Test dismissals.

If we take only the ongoing 2019-20 season, Kohli has been dismissed 5 new bowlers and 1 previously faced bowler in Tests.

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This means, 83.33% of #ViratKohli's Test dismissals in 2019-20 season have come against new bowlers which is the highest since 2015 season.

NB = New bowlers (Bowlers whom Kohli had not faced before in a Test season)

PFB = Previously faced bowler

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2011 was #ViratKohli's debut Test and that is why dismissal rate against NB is 100%

In 2012, he played against NZ for the first time.

In 2013-14, he faced SA for the 1st time.

In 2015, he played vs BAN & SL for the 1st time in his career.

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#ViratKohli has faced 17 different bowlers in 2019-20 season with 8 of them he had never faced before in a Test season.

5 out of those 8 have dismissed him in this season.

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#ViratKohli's dismissals rate against NB (83.33%) this season is high despite the 2nd lowest % of NB (47.06%) in 2019-20 out of total no. of bowlers as compared to the other seasons in which he faced at least 10 diff bowlers.

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Lastly, let's look at #ViratKohli's comparison between NB & PFB in the ongoing 2019-20 season.

He is certainly dominating against the previously faced bowlers as compared to new bowlers in this season.

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