ENG vs IND: Just A Matter Of Time He Breaks The Jinx, Says MSK Prasad On Kohli's Century Drought

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli hasn't been at his usual best for quite some time. His last international ton came in November 2019 and, since then, the 32-year-old has had some reasonable success in white-ball cricket but consistency, or a big score, has eluded him.

However, former BCCI chairman of selectors MSK Prasad believes that "it's just a matter of time before Kohli breaks the jinx". So far, Kohli has scored 218 runs in seven innings, averaging 31.14. His scores in the ongoing series are: 0, DNB, 42, 20, 7, 55, 50, 44.

"Why do you say that he (Kohli) is struggling? I mean he is not converting it into hundreds… that all we all know and it's really strange and unfortunate. But once he cuts loose and breaks that jinx and starts getting hundreds, again he will be the superstar that we all know in the last decade or so. He is someone who has got 70 centuries (27 in Test cricket and 43 in One Day Internationals)," MSK Prasad told IANS.

"It's is unfortunate that his fifties and sixties are not being converted into hundreds. But he is still getting runs." Asked about his views on vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's form, MSK Prasad said, "It is a little disappointing, but we all trust him."

Rahane has aggregated 109 across seven innings in this series so far with a solitary half-century. Since the start of 2020, Rahane is averaging 24.76 in Tests, which is the lowest among the 34 international players with 500-plus runs. In this period, he has lodged just one century, alongside two fifties, in 27 innings.

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