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The third Test match between India and Australia in Indore has put a question mark on the Indian batters’ ability to tackle world-class spin bowlers. While most of the Indian batters have struggled in the series, former Australian <\/strong><\/a>cricketer Mark Waugh is surprised by Virat Kohli’s lack of runs in red-ball cricket.<\/p>\n Virat Kohli ended his century drought with a blistering century against Afghanistan in the Asia cup last year. Following his maiden T20I century, the batting ace added three centuries in the 50-over format. However, Kohli’s last century in the traditional format of the game came against Bangladesh in 2019. Mark Waugh feels the Indian batter has been a bit unfortunate with his dismissals and gets out cheaply despite looking in good touch with the bat.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot believe a player of his class has gone that long without a hundred. He\u2019s been in good touch recently, he\u2019s batted well in one-day cricket. I know it\u2019s not Test match cricket, but the signs have been there in his last three innings in Test cricket that he\u2019s actually playing pretty well.<\/p>\n “He\u2019s middling the ball, he\u2019s watching the ball well, and his defence is strong. He\u2019s just making the odd error and it\u2019s proving costly for him. He hasn\u2019t had a lot of luck. He makes one mistake and he\u2019s out,” former Australia batter Mark Waugh said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n The former Australian cricketer feels that the century will come for the batting ace and it is just a matter of time. However, he feels that Kohli is a bit too eager when he is batting, and the century drought might be playing on his mind every time he comes out to bat.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a world-class player and I feel like a hundred is just around the corner for him. He\u2019s feeling the pressure, no doubt about it \u2026 I feel like he is a little bit tense when he goes out there in the middle. He actually does play with quite hard hands, he likes to feel bat on ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe does tend to plant his front foot, which technically is not a great thing to do in India. We have seen him play back in the crease in a couple of innings, which is quite well-suited to slower pitches. There\u2019s no obvious weakness, but he seems to make one mistake and he\u2019s gone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n For a better experience: Download the CricTracker app from the\u00a0<\/span>IOS App Store<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Google Play Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nI feel like he is a little bit tense when he goes out there in the middle: Waugh<\/h3>\n