Virat Kohli heavily mocked on Twitter for failing to step up in another knockout game

stage was all set at Sheikh Zayed Stium in Abu Dhabi for two exciting line-ups to clash for crucial Eliminator 1. contest was deemed even more special for Bangalore side, as y have me ir way into playoffs after 2016. in-form Hyderab were to pose a stiff challenge for resilient Bangalore side in ir attempt of putting an end to ir championship drought. Having put in to bat first, it was imperative for Virat Kohli-led side to get off to a flying start. However, knockout demons that came back to haunt prolific batsman yet again. 

Dream11 IPL 2020 playoffs: Virat Kohli fails to make an impact in Hyderab vs Bangalore clash 

onus was on Virat Kohli to steer his side to an imposing total as surprisingly walked ahe of Aaron Finch to open batting along with Devdutt Pikkal. He looked very confident as he nonchalantly walked down wicket and placed ball in empty spaces against old nemesis Sandeep Sharma, who has got better of batsman on 7 different occasions. 

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But re was a twise in tale as it was Jason Holder who gave Hyderab side an early breakthrough while handing Bangalore captain yet anor failure in knockout matches. Virat Kohli shuffled a long way across on second ball of second over and tried to guide ball towards fine leg. Jason Holder's extra bounce did trick, and ball brushed Kohli's glove and went straight to keeper Shreevats Goswami, who took a fine catch diving to his left. Netizens were quick to target batsman after yet anor underwhelming outing in a knockout fixture. 

re is something about knockout matches that seem to get better of Virat Kohli. Known for his consistency with bat across all formats, 32-year-old has a woeful record in knockout outings. Having appeared in 15 knockout matches in his international career, batsman has crossed 50-run mark only on two occasions and has 346 runs to his name.

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He has featured in three World Cup Semi-finals so far in his career and has failed to reach double digits in all of m. ICC Champions Trophy final in 2017 is yet anor instance where occasion got better of star batsman, and he was sent packing by Mohamm Amir for 5 runs.

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A look at Virat Kohli Dream11 IPL stats 

Bangalore skipper's batting prowess cannot be discounted as he has proved his mettle time and time again. He is leing run-scorer in league's history with 5,878 runs to his name. Suresh Raina, who is next to Kohli in terms of runs scored, trailed by more than 500 runs. batsman has crossed coveted three-figure mark five times in cash-rich league, while he has smashed 39 half-centuries. Kohli has h a decent season this year with 466 runs in 15 games.

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Source: Bangalore team Twitter