"Only a Babar Azam tweet can bring back Kohli's form" - Twitter reacts after Virat Kohli's poor outing in 2nd ODI against Bangladesh

Team India batter Virat Kohli's poor form in ODI cricket continued as he was dismissed for a paltry five runs in the second game against Bangladesh on Wednesday, December 7.

The former skipper was promoted up the order after Rohit Sharma was not cleared to take the field. Rohit suffered a blow to his thumb while attempting to take a catch during Bangladesh's innings. While he returned to the venue following a visit to the hospital for X-Ray scans, he did not feature on the field.

Surprisingly, it was not stand-in skipper KL Rahul who opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan. Instead, Virat Kohli was sent atop the batting order for only the sixth time in his career. He last opened the innings during the tour of New Zealand in 2014, where he scored two runs off 10 deliveries.

Unfortunately, for the visitors, a similar pattern emerged. The ace batter began the knock with a fine glance off Mehidy Hasan Miraz on the leg side for four runs, but he perished in the very next over itself.

Kohli tried to swivel and pull Ebadot Hossain towards the onside off the penultimate delivery, but could only drag back and chop the ball back onto his stumps. The dismissal led to wild celebrations among the Bangladeshi players with the pacer leading the charge.

The Twitterati expressed their concern over Kohli's waning form in the format he once reigned in. Here are some of the reactions on the social media platform:

If i see anyone defending Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in an International game, they both are finished completely. Virat Kohli had a honeymoon period in Australia and its over.

Kohli missed hi well fought century by just 95 runs 😂😂😂 https://t.co/4zqh76nkJQ

Only a Babar Azam tweet can bring back Kohli's form
#BANvIND

When you have Kl Rahul in middle order, who is genuinely an opener then why sending Kohli as an opener in absence of Rohit... Pathetic decision.
#BANvsIND

MS Dhoni had decided in 2012 that he cannot feed Sachin, Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir together

Now BCCI will have to decide whether Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan can play together in 2022

#BANvIND

Kohli tried to pull that length ball like he's still in Australia 😩

Virat Kohli in 2022 ODIs

Inngs : 10
Runs : 189
Avg : 18.90
SR : 73.82
50s : 2

Virat Kohli is totally out of form in ODIs and Tests this year. With the basis of T20I performances you can't defend his other 2 formats performance.

@Shoaib_Jatt @iShaheenAfridi "ChiCha Kohli wanted to play a inning like Mehdy Hasan,But forgot that he is too old to do that these days 🤣"

7 consecutive scores less than 20 for Virat Kohli now in ODIs.#BANvsIND

Kohli seriously should ask bcci to arrange a series with Pakistan...he just cant score against any one else

"How to say finished in different languages”

🇬🇧 : Finished
🇳🇱 : Berghuis
🇮🇹 : Finito
🇩🇪 : Fertig
🇫🇷 : Fini
🇮🇳 : Virat Kohli twitter.com/CricCrazyJohns…

Me: How is Virat Kohli as an opener?

Kohli:

#ViratKohli | #INDvBAN | #ViratKohli𓃵 https://t.co/YKrL1I1FI2

Not a comeback for sure💔, still failing in ODIs.

Fans In every match expecting century from Virat Kohli #INDvsBAN
Le #ViratKohli𓃵 : https://t.co/Ekz8gHzUem

Team India in peril after Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan depart

The visitors have a mammoth task on hand to stay alive in the series. Earlier in the day, a poor bowling display in the second half of the innings saw Bangladesh pile up 271-7 on the back of Mehidy Hasan Miraz's hundred.

After being handed an early blow in the form of Rohit's injury, the opening batters piled on the pressure following their early dismissals. Shortly after Kohli's wicket in the second over, Dhawan followed suit after a delivery from Mustafizur Rahman kicked up from a length, extending his poor run of scores as well.

India, who are playing with a batter short, were reduced to 13-2 after three overs in the run chase. As of writing, Shreyas Iyer and Washington Sundar are attempting to bring some life into the contest from India's perspective.

Is the legendary batter's time in ODI cricket as good as over? Let us know what you think.

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