IPL 2022 | Kohli’s 100th consecutive innings without a century culminated in a golden duck

Former India skipper Virat Kohli has reached a new milestone in cricket that he would not be proud of. Kohli, who is known for smashing several records throughout his illustrious career, has gone 100 consecutive innings without a century. 

Adding up to his woes, he scored a golden duck in his 100th innings. He lost his wicket to Sri Lankan bowler Dushmantha Chameera in the IPL encounter, which the Royal Challengers Bangalore ultimately won. 

Deepak Hooda took Kohli’s catch at point, marking a sad end to the latter’s innings. It is a matter of concern that the prolific batter has only scored 119 runs at an average of 19.83 in the seven matches he has played so far in the tournament. His highest score till now has been 48.

Making the stats more precise, the RCB player has now gone 17 Tests, 21 ODIs, 25 T20Is, and 37 IPL matches without a hundred. As far as his previous IPL seasons are concerned, the 33-year-old managed 466 runs in 15 innings and 405 in 12 games in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The batter also hit three fifties in each of the two seasons. 

Virat’s last Test ton came against Bangladesh in 2019 at Eden Gardens. Since then, he has scored a Test half-century six times but has failed to convert them into centuries. The same year also marks the player’s last ODI hundred, which came against the West Indies in August.