Apart from trying to help India draw level with Australia in the ongoing One-day International (ODI) series, India skipper Virat Kohli faces a personal challenge when his side takes on the hosts in the second game on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kohli, who has an impressive average of 59.14 in his ODI career, has an abysmal average in the 50-over format at the Sydney Cricket Ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In six one-day innings at the venue, he has aggregated just 57 runs at a poor average of 11.40. His strike rate is also below his career strike rate - it is 64.04 at SCG as compared to 93.26 in his career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While this limited-overs series' rivalry between the two teams was built around the Indian skipper's battle with Steve Smith, the Australian drew the first blood with a 66-ball 105 to walk away with the man of the match award in the first ODI on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kohli will be leading India in only the shorter formats and the first Test, the day-night game at Adelaide before returning home for the birth of his child. He will miss the last three Tests, including the one in Sydney.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kohli's form in Tests at SCG is better -- he averages 49.60 from five innings at the SCG. It is just a few notches below his career average of 53.62.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In T20s, however, Kohli has played just two innings at the venue and has an average of 111 with a half-century in both the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He will surely want to play a match-winning innings not just to get his team back on track but also to improve his ODI average.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ind-vs-aus-virat-kohlis-poor-run-at-scg-continues-in-odis.jpg", "alt_img": "ind vs aus virat kohli's poor run at scg continues in odis", "alt_title": "Virat Kohli", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Ind vs Aus: Virat Kohli's Poor Run At SCG Continues In ODIs On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Apart from trying to help India draw level with Australia in the ongoing One-day International (ODI) series, India skipper Virat Kohli faces a personal challenge when his side takes on the hosts in the second game on Sunday.", "seo_keywords": "India tour of Australia 2020-21, Sydney Cricket Ground , Virat Kohli", "tag": "", "tagging": "India tour of Australia 2020-21,Sydney Cricket Ground ,Virat Kohli,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ind-vs-aus-virat-kohlis-poor-run-at-scg-continues-in-odis", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3148", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2020-11-28 14:09:41", "updated": "2020-11-28 14:12:02", "img_from": "Virat Kohli", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Ind vs Aus, India, Virat Kohli, Australia, SCG, Sydney Cricket Ground ", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2020-11-28 14:09:41", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2020-11-28 14:09:41", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ind-vs-aus-virat-kohlis-poor-run-at-scg-continues-in-odis-67682" }