Virat Kohli’s bat has not done the talking as yet in Australia, and the clamour regarding his ODI future has picked up after the former India skipper bagged two successive ducks in the format for the first time in his career.

Chinks in contrasting styles in Kohli’s gameplay were exposed in Perth and Adelaide by the Australia seamers. Kohli went fishing for a delivery outside the off-stump in the series opener before being trapped lbw by an incoming delivery in the second. With Kohli struggling to get off the mark, former India opener Sadagoppan Ramesh has urged the team management to allow him to open in the final game in Sydney, as he did during the 2024 T20 World Cup along with Rohit Sharma . Ramesh instead wants captain Shubman Gill to take up the No. 3 spot and provide Kohli a sta

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