Due to its association with RCB, Bengaluru is called the second home ground of Virat Kohli. But, Virat does not like this home ground much in international cricket. Virat Kohli's dismissal without opening an account against New Zealand could be a part of that sequence. But the problem here is not just this, it is even bigger. The most surprising thing in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test was that Virat came to bat at number 3 instead of number 4. This was seen after 8 years and 114 innings in Test cricket. However, even after such a long gap, Virat Kohli could not change history by landing at number 3.

This work was done after 8 years and 114 innings

Now you must be wondering what is the history of Virat Kohli related to number 3? This history is related to Virat Kohli's performance at number 3, which has been very poor. Batting at number 3 in the Test, Virat Kohli's batting average was only 16 before the Test match against New Zealand in Bengaluru. Virat Kohli last batted at number 3 in Test cricket in 2016. After that 114 innings passed but he did not bat at number 3.

History did not change, this happened after 34 months

Batting at number 3 in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test, Virat Kohli faced 9 balls against New Zealand, yet he could not open the account. His catch off the ball of Kiwi bowler William O'Rourke was caught by Glenn Phillips at leg gully. With this, he got failure in another inning at number 3.

Virat Kohli is out on zero after 34 months in Test cricket. Last time also, he had a duck in the Test match played against New Zealand in Mumbai in December 2021.

There is no shine in Virat's performance in Chinnaswamy.

Virat Kohli's failure in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand is another link in Chinnaswamy's poor statistics. Even in the 19 innings he played against Chinnaswamy in international cricket, he could not do anything special. Virat has scored 536 runs against Chinnaswamy in the last 19 innings at an average of 31.52.