Virat Kohli failed to leave his mark in the first innings of the Pune Test. He became the victim of left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner after scoring just 1 run in 9 balls. He tried to play a fast shot towards Long on Santner's ball and got bowled.

He again fell prey to his old weakness. Actually, in the last few years, Virat's record against left-arm spin has been abysmal. The opposing teams have been taking advantage of this weak link. The same was seen with him in the Pune Test as well. Earlier in the Kanpur Test, he was out on the ball of Bangladesh's left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan. With this, Team India has come into trouble.

Virat Kohli has been struggling against left-arm spinners for a long time. In recent times, bowlers like Mitchell Santner, Shakib Al Hasan, and Dunith Velalage have troubled him a lot. He also fell prey to Velalage on the Sri Lanka tour. In Test matches, Virat Kohli has played 21 innings against left-arm spinners since 2021 and has scored 259 runs at an average of just 28.78. During this, he fell prey to them 9 times.