Left-arm delivery is quite difficult to ace for a right-hander. A batter has to open up his front leg, angle the shoulder towards mid-on and keep the off-stump in mind. Most of the time, it opens the corridor and if the bowler gets the line right, the ball hits the target.
Virat Kohli’s struggle against left-arm pace is no longer a secret. Recently, a Mitchell Starc in-swinger nipped in and trapped Kohli in the first ODI. With the World Test Championship (WTC) Final set to be held between India and Australia, former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor backed Kohli, saying the right-hander’s problem is nothing more than a “coincidence”.
