Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli ended the year 2021 without scoring a century in international cricket, following his twin failures in the ongoing first Test against South Africa, at SuperSport Park, here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 33-year old Kohli, who departed for 35 in the first innings, could only score 18 runs in the second innings, getting out to youngster Marco Jansen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He went after a wide delivery from Jansen in the very first ball after Lunch on Day 4 of the ongoing Test. The delivery was bowled well outside the off-stump but Kohli, who pressed forward, was not able to curb his instinct and produced a thick edge, which was safely pouched by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With this, Kohli ends 2021 with 536 runs at a paltry average of 28.21 from 11 Tests. He has also managed just four fifties in Test cricket in 2021.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian skipper had last hit an international century on November 23, 2019, where he played a match-winning knock of 136 in the pink-ball day and night Test match against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The star batter has now gone over two years without scoring an international century as he had also failed to hit a hundred in 2020, a year where the cricket calendar was disrupted by COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n