Bad phase and bad decision on it… Something similar is happening with Virat Kohli at the moment. Even after the change in the ground and conditions, his luck is not ready to change. Virat Kohli's bad phase in the T20 World Cup 2024 continued for the fourth consecutive match. After failure in the group stage matches, his bat could not show any color in the Super-8 as well. In the first match of the Indian team in the Super-8 against Afghanistan, Kohli failed to play a big innings despite staying at the crease for a long time. After Kohli failed again, that decision once again came under question, due to which Kohli and Team India are suffering losses.

Kohli waited for a long time but still could not move

Team India came out to bat first against Afghanistan in Bridgetown, Barbados and the opening pair of Kohli-Rohit could not give a good start on the slow pitch of Kensington Oval. Rohit was out in the third over itself, so all eyes were on Kohli. In the last 3 innings, Kohli was out early in an attempt to make a fast start. This time too he tried some big shots in the beginning but was not successful. In such a situation, Kohli adopted the same style for which he is known.

Kohli continued to push the score forward through singles and doubles, while on the other hand Rishabh Pant was getting boundaries. Kohli also hit a great six on Naveen Ul Haq during this time, but he was getting stuck in playing big shots against the spinners. Still, Kohli stayed till the 8th over and had scored 24 runs. Now Kohli, who seemed set at the crease, tried to hit a six against Rashid Khan in the 9th over but he gave an easy catch at the long off boundary. In this way, he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 24 runs in 24 balls.

One decision is becoming the reason for failure

Kohli has failed in the fourth consecutive innings in this World Cup. He had scored only 5 runs in three innings of the group stage and now he has been able to score only 29 runs in 4 innings, which includes only one four and one six. A big reason for this failure of Kohli is the decision, which was under question from the beginning. This decision is to make Kohli open. Kohli had performed brilliantly for Bangalore in IPL 2024. In the hope of this, it was decided to make Kohli open here as well, while the team had a better option in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Even after the failure of the first two matches, Team India decided to retain it but the team had to suffer the consequences in the fourth consecutive match. In such a situation, for the betterment of Team India and Virat Kohli, he should be sent back at number three. Team India can instead send Rishabh Pant as an opener, which will not affect the playing eleven.