'The KING has fallen: Simon Katich's harsh critique of Virat Kohli reflects India star's dramatic decline'

Former Australia batter Simon Katich delivered a scathing assessment of Virat Kohli's performance in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Indian star struggled once again, losing his wicket for just 5 runs in a crucial moment of the match, contributing to his team's 184-run loss. Despite scoring a century in Perth, Kohli has consistently fallen short of expectations, repeatedly getting out to outside off-stump deliveries behind the stumps.

It was the same case on Day 5 of the Boxing Day Test, Kohli failed to hold his temptations on the ball outside off stump and went for a drive but ended up edging it once again to get caught at slip by Usman Khawaja. His stay in the middle lasted 29 balls as in the initial he showed patience and discipline on leaving the balls on the fourth-fifth stump channel, however, Mitchell Starc made him commit the error again.

Katich, who was doing the radio commentary for SEN Cricket, asserted that Kohli is more the king - the mantle he earned for his domination in the past decade - and said that Indian pacer Bumrah has taken over it from him.

"The King is dead," Katich said during commentary.

"He trudges off. King Bumrah has taken the mantle now. Kohli looks dejected with himself. That was a big knock for him. He has come up short. Australia will be very, very happy with the situation they find themselves in," Katich said as the two teams headed to the Lunch break.

Kohli has managed to score 417 runs this year at an average of 24.52 as his red-ball form hit a new low.

Australia take 2-1 lead in BGT 2024-25

Meanwhile, Australia brought their A-game to the table in the final session of the game and claimed seven wickets on Day 5 to claim a thrilling 184-run victory in front of a record Test crowd Monday at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

With the massive win, Australia now have a 2-1 advantage ahead of the fifth and final Test, which is scheduled to start on January 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where avoiding a defeat will be enough to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 10 years.

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