Veteran RCB batter Virat Kohli’s horrible run continued in the ongoing IPL as he registered his second successive golden duck in the clash against SRH at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday (April 23).

During the second over of RCB’s innings, Marco Jansen dismissed Kohli for a first-ball duck. It was a pitched up delivery and the former RCB skipper played it with hard hands, edging the ball to Aiden Markram at second slip.

Notably, Kohli was also dismissed for a golden duck in RCB’s outing against Lucknow Super Giants on April 19. The 33-year-old has played 7 innings in this year’s IPL, amassing 119 runs with the highest score of 48.

Meanwhile, RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar has said that Virat Kohli is doing “everything that is under his control” but there comes a rough patch in a player’s life when even the first edge is being taken by fielders.

Bangar’s comments came after RCB’s nine-wicket thrashing at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

“He (Kohli) is somebody who has consistently performed for RCB. Players go through these kind of rough patches. He started the season really well, nearly hit the winning runs in Pune but then you have an odd run-out or the first edge that finds his bat lands in fielder’s hands,” Bangar said.

“He is certainly doing everything that is in his control. He is doing his fitness and skills and taking good breaks and not letting the pressure get to him. He has been taking breaks at regular intervals and will continue to do so going forward,” he added.

Recently, former India head coach Ravi Shastri said Kohli is mentally “overcooked” and needs to take a break from cricket in order to serve the country for at least another six-seven years.

According to Sanjay Bangar, people have their opinions since Kohli has been such an important player for India for such a long time.

“Even if you look at South Africa series, the 80-odd that he scored in one of the Test matches was a fine innings,” Bangar said.

(With PTI inputs)