Virat Kohli’s struggle with the bat continued, as the right-hander could manage only 11 and 20 runs in the ongoing rescheduled fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston.
After another poor outing with the bat, the former England captain believes that luck is not on Kohli’s side while lauding Indian bowlers for restricting the hosts to 284 in their first innings on July 3 (Sunday).
Salman Butt said on his YouTube channel: “Whenever Virat Kohli seems to be playing well, he gets an unplayable ball. He looked confident today (Sunday) and was batting well. To score big runs, you need some luck. No one else got the kind of unplayable ball that Virat did. There is nothing that Kohli or any other batter could do about that ball.”
Meanwhile, Mohammed Siraj perfectly used old soft balls to trouble England batters, and he returned with brilliant figures of 4/66, while India captain Jasprit Bumrah returned with 3/68 to help the touring side bowl England out for 284 in their first innings.
Notably, Mohammad Shami also snared two wickets.
Hailing India's bowling attack, Butt said that English batters faced a better attack during the ongoing Test as compared to New Zealand, who were whitewashed by the hosts in the recent Test series.
Butt signed off by saying, “India’s fast bowlers are superior to that of New Zealand’s. India has variety. They have seamers who can move the ball off the deck. (Mohammad) Shami and (Jasprit) Bumrah can do that, and (Mohammed) Siraj hits the deck hard. They bowl nagging lines and lengths with aggression. Shardul Thakur is a medium-pacer, who can swing the ball.”
