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When Kohli Last Made 100 – He Was Skipper, COVID Wasn't There & Dhoni Hadn't Retired

67 innings across 2 years. Yes, that is how many innings and how much time has passed since Virat Kohli last scored a century for India in any international format. Needless to say, a lot has changed for him, cricket in general and around the world.  

When he fell for 18 in the 2nd ODI vs West Indies in Ahmedabad, he stretched his 100-less streak to 67 innings. The last century came way back in late November 2019 in the Day/Night Test vs Bangladesh in Kolkata.

Virat Kohli
BCCI

Rewind to 2019 when Kohli scored that ton, a lot of things were different. Kohli was the captain, MS Dhoni was yet to announce his retirement from international cricket despite not playing since the World Cup semifinal loss and of course, there was no threat of COVID. 

Fast forward to 2022 and the situation is completely different. Dhoni called time on his career in 2020 and the same year COVID forced the world into lockdown and changed the way we live. Also, Kohli had given up his T20I and Test captaincy in late 2021 and early 2022 plus was removed from the ODI leadership towards the end of last year. Rohit Sharma has taken over the limited-over formats and is expected to be named Test captain as well. 

Virat Kohli
BCCI

The 100-less streak is testing the patients of fans, teammates, Kohli himself and of course experts. The critics are having a field day as the 33-year-old is struggling to breach the 3-figure mark. While 9 months of 2020 were lost due to the pandemic that still leaves over 17 months without a century and 67 innings is no joke. Sachin Tendulkar took half the number of innings between his 99th and 100th 100s and that was in the twilight of his career. 

Kohli of course is expected to be around for some time and one knows all it takes is one ton to break the jinx. It is just a matter of when it will come. The sooner the better for the sake of Kohli, India and the fans.

    

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