IPL 2022: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fail to score a fifty in last 27 innings combined

In the last 27 innings of IPL 2022, neither Virat Kohli nor Rohit Sharma has scored a fifty plus.

Virat Kohli’s dismal run of form appears to be catching up with him, as evidenced by his performance in this year’s IPL. Dushmantha Chameera dismissed the former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain for a golden duck against Lucknow Super Giants, and Kohli’s look told it all.

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So far in IPL 2022, the right-handed hitter has scored 119 runs at an average of 19.83 in seven games. Kohli’s last IPL half-century came against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021 Phase 2 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Ravi Shastri, a former India cricketer, has worked closely with Virat Kohli throughout his time as India’s head coach and believes the batter requires a break. Kohli, he believes, should take a leave of absence before or after India’s upcoming tour of England. Shastri stated in an interview with Star Sports.

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Shastri remarked in an interview with Star Sports, “When I was coach at the time when this first started, the first thing I said is ‘you have to show empathy to the guys’. If you’re going to be forceful, there is a very thin line there, from a guy losing the plot as opposed to him hanging in there and giving his best. So you have to be extremely careful”.

Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Mumbai Indians (MI), has also had a poor showing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. On Saturday, Rohit Sharma could only manage 6 runs against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Fast bowler Avesh Khan caught Rohit off wicketkeeper Quinton DeKock with a fine ball. Rohit has scored 114 runs in six matches this season, with an average of just 19. As a result, he has a strike rate of 129.54 and a top score of 41 runs.

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Rohit Sharma in scores so far in IPL 2022 has been 41 runs against Delhi Capitals on March 27, 10 runs against Rajasthan Royals on April 2, 3 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 6, 26 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 9, 28 runs against Punjab Kings on 13 April, and 6 runs against Lucknow Super Giants, April 16 

Prior to the encounter against Lucknow on Saturday, the five-time champions had lost all five matches this season.   In 2014, the Mumbai Indians were in a similar scenario. Even after that, they made it to the playoffs that season.