After 8 years, Virat Kohli came to bat at number 3 and flopped, Rohit-Gambhir will have to suffer for this mistake!

New Delhi: Virat Kohli Duck: In the first Test being played between India and New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Team India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, India lost 3 wickets for 10 runs in the first innings. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 2 runs. Whereas, Virat Kohli came to bat at number-3.

King Kohli came to bat at number three in Tests after 8 years and while fans expected him to play a big innings, he broke the hearts of the fans. In the absence of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli came to bat at number three and during this time he flopped with the bat. Kohli faced 9 balls and got out for zero but fans are constantly questioning his decision to bat at number 3.

Why was Virat sent to play at number 3? Fans are constantly raising questions

Actually, Indian team's star batsman Virat Kohli came to bat at number three on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand. Fans are angry with the decision to send Kohli at number 3 because Kohli has not been able to score much runs at number 3 so far.

Kohli has scored 8947 runs in 116 test matches so far. He last batted at number three for India in 2016. In his first innings as the number 3 batsman in eight years, Kohli flopped instead of doing anything special.

William O'Rourke dismissed him for a duck. Glenn Phillips made a strong effort down the field to complete his catch. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli is India's fourth highest run scorer in Test cricket, but as the number 3 batsman in Test, he has only 97 runs in seven innings.

Batting at number 3 for India in Tests, Kohli scored 14 not out off 21 balls in the first innings against England at Ahmedabad (November 15–19, 2012).

He then played as the number 3 batsman in the second innings of the Mohali Test against Australia in March 2013 and scored 34 runs in 61 balls with the help of six fours.

He was out for 1 and 41 in the next two innings. India's No. 3 Test batsman against Australia at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (22–24 March, 2013). In his last Test at No. 3, Kohli scored 3 and 4 against West Indies at Gros Islet (August 9–13, 2016).