Stats show Virat Kohli was right in blaming Indian batters instead of crediting Australian bowlers for Adelaide collapse


Stats show Virat Kohli was right in blaming Indian batters instead of crediting Australian bowlers for Adelaide collapse
Pat Cummins during the first Test

India suffered from a horrific display of batting on Day 3 of the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Beginning the day with their noses in front, the famed Indian batting line-up consisting of the likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were shot out for a score of 36 – the team’s lowest-ever in Test match history. Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood picked up 4 and 5 wickets respectively to run through India.

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After the match, Indian skipper Virat Kohli did not give credit to the Australian bowlers but blamed India’s ‘poor execution’ as the reason for the horror show. “The way we batted allowed them to look more potent than they were in the morning, to be honest,” he said. “They bowled similarly in the first innings and we batted way, way better.”

Stats confirm Virat Kohli’s theory

Virat Kohli

After Virat Kohli deflected the credit to Australian bowlers to blame for Indian batsmen, quite a few eyebrows were raised as a plethora of cricketers, fans and pundits had lauded the Australian bowling performance as one of the best in recent times. However, as it turns out the Indian skipper was right.

According to The CricViz Analyst, their ‘Expected Wickets Model’ showed that based on the deliveries that Australia bowled, the expected score with normal batting would have been 60-3 and not 36 all out at the stage. The site blamed ‘bad luck’ and ‘poor batting’ as the reason for India’s collapse which was exactly what Kohli had said as well thus proving that the Indian skipper was right.

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