Virat Kohli’s struggles against balls outside the off-stump in the ongoing Test series against Australia has the great Allan Border wondering if the Indian superstar has “just lost that edge”.
Kohli has fallen to balls outside the off-stump four out of five times in the series thus far, prompting comparisons with a similar slump in England back in 2014.
On Monday, he was caught behind chasing a wide ball that he could have left alone.
“Today’s dismissal, that’s normally a delivery he would have left alone if he was in his best possible form,” Border was quoted as saying by Fox Cricket.
“I’m not sure what’s going on with Virat mentally (and) whether he’s just lost that edge.”
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is named after him and the Indian legend.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Kohli has paid the price for not leaving enough balls.
“He’s a player who’s going out there (and) almost trying to get…
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