IPL 2022: Ian Bishop expresses concern at Virat Kohli's dismissal to various types of bowlers

Virat Kohli has failed to click consistently for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022. Meanwhile, Ian Bishop is unimpressed with him falling to various types of bowlers.

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It has not been Virat Kohli's time for quite some time now. Be it international cricket or the Indian Premier League (IPL), he has failed to click consistently. At the same time, he remains without a century for over a couple of years now. In IPL 2022, it has been a similar story so far. Meanwhile, Ian Bishop noted a concerning thing.

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On Wednesday, during RCB's clash against four-time defending champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kohli was dismissed for 30 by off-spinner Moeen Ali. So far, he remains the side's third-highest run-scorer, scoring 216 in 11 innings at a modest average of 21.60 and a strike rate of 111.91, including a half-century and a top score of 58. In the meantime, Bishop feels that his dismissals to multiple types of bowlers are raising concerns.

Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Bishop considered, "For a while, for 10 or 15 runs, he wasn't even going at a run-a-ball, or he was just going at a run-a-ball. He didn't get ahead, and there wasn't much intent. He hit one [six] over extra-cover off the seamer, and that was when he just went ahead to a run-a-ball and then he came back."

"This is something we've been seeing with Virat, not just this season. Even last season, I remember, and even sometimes internationally, he'll fly out - he didn't fly out tonight - and then he'll slow down again. Roston Chase got him out in the West Indies series. We saw him getting out to the off-spinner in Test matches. So, I'm concerned about…and I'm a Kohli fan. I tune in to watch cricket when Kohli's at his best," asserted Bishop.

Further analysing, Bishop conjectures that Kohli is struggling to break free. He also feels that Kohli needs to bat longer if he gets run-a-ball. "And, he isn't going deep into the innings either. So, those deliveries don't come back to you. Even if RCB won, that wasn't an innings, even given the difficulties of the pitch, that you could say caused a match-winning total," he concluded.