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    "title": "BGT 2024-25: Virat\u2019s Unfortunate Weakness In Batting Is Outside Off, Says Manjrekar",
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    "excerpt": "New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has highlighted Virat Kohli's struggles against deliveries outside off-stump when the right-hander was dismissed for just seven runs in the pink-ball Test after falling to a probing delivery from Mitchell Starc.\n",
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    "editor1": "New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has highlighted Virat Kohli's struggles against deliveries outside off-stump when the right-hander was dismissed for just seven runs in the pink-ball Test after falling to a probing delivery from Mitchell Starc.\n<p>A short-of-length ball, angling across and landing on a probing fifth-stump line, lured Kohli into hesitation whether to play or leave, and finally got caught in the slips, where Steve Smith was positioned perfectly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"One important reason why Virat's average has slipped to 48 now is the unfortunate weakness outside off. But more crucially, his adamance to not try another way to tackle it,\u201d Manjrekar wrote on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli\u2019s Test average has slipped to 48, underlining his diminishing returns in the format. Despite his impressive record at Adelaide, with an average of over 63 and more than 500 runs, the venue offered no respite this time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"One important reason why Virat's average has slipped to 48 now is the unfortunate weakness outside off. But more crucially, his adamance to not try another way to tackle it,\u201d Manjrekar wrote on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/highest-tax-paying-cricketers\">Highest tax paying cricketers<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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